To Alphonse de Candolle 6 July [1881]
Summary
Thanks for a "grand volume" [vol. 3 of Monographiae phanerogamarum (1878–96)].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Alphonse de Candolle |
Date: | 6 July [1881] |
Classmark: | Archives de la famille de Candolle (private collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13236 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … Thanks for a "grand volume" [vol. 3 of Monographiae phanerogamarum (1878–96)]. …
- … Alphonse de and Candolle, Casimir de, eds. 1878–96. Monographiæ phanerogamarum: prodromi …
- … volume of A. de Candolle and Candolle eds. 1878–96 , which was published in June 1881. …
- … the Prodromus; A. de Candolle and Candolle eds. 1878–96 ). CD’s copies of the first three …
From Victor Hensen 25 May 1881
Summary
Mentions article by P. E. Müller on worms: "Structur over skovjord [forest soil]" [Tidsk. Skovbrug 3 (1878)].
Author: | Christian Andreas Victor (Victor) Hensen |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 25 May 1881 |
Classmark: | DAR 166: 145 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13172 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … P. E. Müller on worms: "Structur over skovjord [forest soil]" [ Tidsk. Skovbrug 3 (1878)]. …
- … Hensen had told CD about P. E. Müller 1878 , but that CD had no opportunity to consult the …
- … Hermann. Leipzig: Vogel. Müller, Peter Erasmus. 1878. Studier over Skovjord som bidrag til …
- … for Skovbrug Bd III I u II Hft. Kjobenhavn 1878 in den “Studier over Skovjord” (Walderde) …
- … Skovbrug vol III I & II issue Copenhagen 1878 in “Studier over Skovjord” (forest soil); I …
- … Studies on forest soil; P. E. Müller 1878 ) appeared in Tidsskrift for Skovbrug (Journal …
From J. D. Hooker 4 August 1881
Summary
Outlines address to York BAAS meeting on history of geographical distribution. Organising theme: advancement in this science based on ideas enunciated by scientific voyagers. Asks CD’s advice.
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 4 Aug 1881 |
Classmark: | DAR 104: 154–7 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13272 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … E. Martinet. Thiselton-Dyer, William Turner. 1878. Lecture on plant-distribution as a …
- … field for geographical research. [Read 24 June 1878. ] Proceedings of …
- … Royal Geographical Society of London 22 (1878–9): 412–45. Wallace, Alfred Russel. 1880a. …
- … D. Hooker to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 22 October 1878, Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, JDH/2/16 …
- … Hooker, Joseph Dalton. 1878c. President’s address. [Read 30 November 1878. ] Proceedings …
- … of the Royal Society of London 28 (1878–9): 43–63. Hooker, Joseph Dalton. 1881. On …
- … Geographical Society of London ( Thiselton-Dyer 1878 ) in his presidential address to …
- … the Royal Society of London in 1878 (see …
- … Hooker 1878 , pp. 54–5). Gaston de Saporta had proposed that flowering plants ( …
To Francis Darwin 22 [October 1881]
Summary
Thinks FD should review Julius von Wiesner’s book [Das Bewegungsvermögen der Pflanzen (1881)]. CD comforted that Wiesner’s experiments support their findings but finds it laughable how differently he has interpreted them.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
Date: | 22 [Oct 1881] |
Classmark: | DAR 211: 87 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13422 |
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- … London: John Murray. 1880. Wiesner, Julius. 1878–80. Die heliotropischen Erscheinungen …
- … im Pflanzenreiche. [Read 4 July 1878 and 18 March 1880. ] Denkschriften der kaiserlichen …
- … im Pflanzenreiche’ (Heliotropic phenomena in the plant world; Wiesner 1878–80 ). CD …
- … had read an abstract of the work in 1878 and later cited it in Movement in plants , p. …
- … 26, letter to Francis Darwin, 17 July [1878] ). See Wiesner 1881 , p. 141. See Wiesner …
To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 21 April [1881]
Summary
Wants Trifolium seed.
Has been rereading WTT-D’s letters on "bloom".
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
Date: | 21 Apr [1881] |
Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Darwin: Letters to Thiselton-Dyer, 1873–81: ff. 220–1) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13130 |
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- … resupinatum (Persian clover) in 1877 and 1878 (see Correspondence vol. 25, letter to W. T. …
- … and Correspondence vol. 26, letters to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 16 February [1878] and …
- … 24 August [1878] . CD made further experiments on this species and the protective function …
- … letter from W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 29 January 1878 . CD’s notes on the application of water …
From W. M. Hacon 23 September 1881
Author: | William Mackmurdo Hacon |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 23 Sept 1881 |
Classmark: | DAR 166: 29 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13353 |
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- … September 1881 . See Correspondence vol. 26, letter from W. M. Hacon, 24 December 1878 . …
- … In 1878, Anthony Rich had declared his intention of bequeathing some valuable property to …
- … letter from Anthony Rich, 10 December 1878 ). For Henrietta Emma Litchfield ’s position …
- … My letter to you of the 24 th Dec. r 1878 mentioned that M r Rich’s intended desire or …
From Anthony Rich 8 March 1881
Author: | Anthony Rich |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 8 Mar 1881 |
Classmark: | DAR 176: 148 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13080 |
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- … on Conservative foreign policy, 1852–1878 . Camden Fifth Series, vol. 41. London: …
- … He was foreign secretary from 1874 to 1878 in the government of Benjamin Disraeli , who …
- … government in December 1882. In January 1878, at the end of the Russo-Turkish war, Derby …
- … was countermanded; he resigned again in March 1878, when Britain gained Cyprus from the …
From T. L. Brunton 14 February 1881
Summary
Forwards the preface to his book [see 12999] and comments on the effect of the Bible on science.
Author: | Thomas Lauder Brunton, 1st baronet |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 14 Feb 1881 |
Classmark: | DAR 160: 344 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13053 |
To F. B. Zincke 7 November 1881
Summary
Would like to cite the case of the celt in a new printing of Earthworms. Asks for details.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Foster Barham Zincke |
Date: | 7 Nov 1881 |
Classmark: | Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13468 |
To Patrick Geddes 9 December 1881
Summary
PG’s article in Encyclopaedia Britannica wonderfully well done ["Insectivorous plants", 9th ed., 13: 134–40].
Admires PG’s researches on chlorophyll in animal kingdom ["Observations on the physiology and histology of Convoluta Schultzii", Proc. Roy. Soc. Lon. 28 (1878–9): 449–57].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Patrick Geddes |
Date: | 9 Dec 1881 |
Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (MS.10521) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13542 |
From F. B. Zincke 8 November 1881
Author: | Foster Barham Zincke |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 8 Nov 1881 |
Classmark: | DAR 184: 13 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13473 |
From Ernst Krause 8 January 1881
Summary
CD may choose where to publish EK’s reply to Butler. Would prefer Athenæum. Thinks it better that CD not reply himself.
Author: | Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 8 Jan 1881 |
Classmark: | DAR 92: B62 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12993 |
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- … vol. 27). Life and habit ( Butler 1878 ) first introduced the concept of ‘unconscious …
- … Bibliography Butler, Samuel. 1878. Life and habit. London: Trübner & Co. Butler, Samuel. …
- … s initial assessment of Life and habit ( Butler 1878 ), see his letter of 23 May 1879 ( …
- … Geschichte der Descendenz-Theorie. Kosmos 4 (1878–9): 397–424. OED : The Oxford English …
From Josef Popper 11 February 1881
Summary
Interested in theory of flight machines. Thinks it may be possible to fly by hitching man to large birds. What does CD think?
Recalls gift of book sent to CD.
Author: | Josef Popper (Josef Popper-Lynkeus) |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 11 Feb 1881 |
Classmark: | DAR 201: 30 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13051 |
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- … 211–20. Boudrot, Pierre. 2014. Voltaire 1878: commemoration and the creation of dissent. …
- … commemoration of Voltaire held in Paris in 1878 had been played down; the Republican …
- … Classe 71: 809–45. Popper, Josef. 1878. Das Recht zu leben und die Pflicht zu sterben. …
- … based on Voltaire’s views ( Popper 1878 ). This work is not in the Darwin Libraries at CUL …
- … these letters in a Viennese daily paper in 1878 (for an account of their publication and …
From W. E. Gladstone 30 April 1881
Summary
CD is invited to allow his name to be suggested for the vacancy in the Trust of the British Museum caused by the death of Lord Beaconsfield. [See 13142.]
Author: | William Ewart Gladstone |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 30 Apr 1881 |
Classmark: | The British Library (Add MS 44544: 165) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13141A |
From Francis Darwin [before 4 June 1881]
Summary
Encloses letter from Elfving (not found). Should he publish on false circumnutation?
Author: | Francis Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [before 4 June 1881] |
Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 75 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13192F |
Matches: 4 hits
- … 1): 146–221. Cornu, Maxime and Mer, Émile. 1878. Recherches sur l’absorption des matières …
- … et d’horticulture tenu à Paris du 16 au 24 août 1878. Paris: Imprimerie Nationale. Darwin, …
- … colouring agents mentioned in Cornu and Mer 1878 . William Martindale was a pharmacist in …
- … membrane, as described in Cornu and Mer 1878. Julius Wortmann , Ernst Stahl , and De Bary …
From A. S. Wilson 14 April 1881
Summary
Sends his last report on Russian wheat varieties [Gard. Chron. n.s. 15 (1881): 430–2].
Considers which part of grass embryo is the cotyledon.
Author: | Alexander Stephen Wilson |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 14 Apr 1881 |
Classmark: | DAR 181: 117 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13116 |
From E. B. Wilson 5 December 1881
Author: | Edmund Beecher Wilson |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 5 Dec 1881 |
Classmark: | DAR 181: 119 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13530 |
From Ernst Krause 10 February 1881
Summary
Birthday greetings.
Thinks it best not to reply further to Butler. Has read G. J. Romanes’ article with great pleasure. Romanes is right to ridicule Butler. Quotes passages about Butler from CD letters. Has received letter from F. M. Balfour urging him not to reply to Butler.
Author: | Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 10 Feb 1881 |
Classmark: | DAR 92: B63–4 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13048 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … Darwin’s: ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Descendenz-Theorie. Kosmos 4 (1878–9): 397–424. …
- … Bibliography Butler, Samuel. 1878. Life and habit. London: Trübner & Co. Butler, Samuel. …
- … 27 January 1881, p. 287). Butler’s work Life and habit had been published in 1878 ( …
- … Butler 1878 ). See letter to Ernst Krause, 7 February 1881 and nn. 3 and 4. William …
To Hugo de Vries 9 December 1881
Summary
Can HdV supply a reference to a paper describing a stem or a root divided longitudinally and the separate parts acted on by geotropism.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Hugo de Vries |
Date: | 9 Dec 1881 |
Classmark: | Artis Library (De Vries 9) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13446F |
From George Payne 14 June 1881
Author: | George Payne |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 14 June 1881 |
Classmark: | DAR 211: 98 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13205 |
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Darwin in letters, 1878: Movement and sleep
Summary
In 1878, Darwin devoted most of his attention to the movements of plants. He investigated the growth pattern of roots and shoots, studying the function of specific organs in this process. Working closely with his son Francis, Darwin devised a series of…
Matches: 29 hits
- … is to lessen injury to leaves from radiation In 1878, Darwin devoted most of his …
- … scientific man’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 14 December [1878] ). Writing to Ernst Haeckel on …
- … plants.’ Movement in plants In the spring of 1878, Darwin started to focus on the …
- … come up arched’ ( letter to Sophy Wedgwood, 24 March [1878–80] ). While Darwin was studying the …
- … of apex’ ( letter to Francis Darwin, [11 May 1878] ). Having found plants responsive to …
- … at my blunder’ ( letter to John Tyndall, 22 December [1878] ). Son abroad Darwin’s …
- … kind to him’ ( letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 18 June [1878] ). While Francis was away, Darwin …
- … work, I scribble to you ( letter to Francis Darwin, 7 [July 1878] ). Two weeks later he wrote: ‘I …
- … to discuss it with’ ( letter to Francis Darwin, 20 [July 1878] ). It is unclear why the …
- … reported ( letter from Francis Darwin, [after 7 July 1878] ): ‘The oats have only just begun to …
- … Francis wrote ( letter from Francis Darwin, [before 17 July 1878] ), ‘a strong horizontal axis …
- … rather’ ( letter from Francis Darwin, [before 3 August 1878] ). One day Francis observed that the …
- … out one’ ( letter from Francis Darwin, [after 7 July 1878] ). Sachs’s confidence was apparently …
- … him,’ he reported ( letter from Francis Darwin, [22 June 1878] ). ‘Sachs doesn’t consider that …
- … all evils’ ( letter from Francis Darwin, [24 and 25 July 1878] ). Babies and animals …
- … he added a week later ( letter to Francis Darwin, 14 July [1878] ). Darwin had of course observed …
- … have said a gee-gee’ ( letter to Francis Darwin, 17 July [1878] ). On 12 September , Darwin …
- … will always do so’ ( letter to G. J. Romanes, 20 August [1878] ). Darwin remarked that a monkey …
- … in your house!’ ( letter to G. J. Romanes, 2 September [1878] ). More remarkable cases of …
- … of a thieving wasp’ ( letter from G. J. Romanes, 21 June 1878 ). An inspiration In …
- … ( letter from J.-B. Dumas and Joseph Bertrand, 5 August 1878 ). Despite his many botanical …
- … to me quite ridiculous’ ( letter to John Price, 2 April [1878] ). When a wealthy businessman tried …
- … ( letter from Edmund Mojsisovics von Mojsvár, 28 April 1878 ). ‘What a wonderful change in the …
- … The Swiss botanist Arnold Dodel-Port announced on 12 June 1878 the first issue of an atlas with …
- … come together’ ( letter from Arnold Dodel-Port, 18 June 1878 ). In countries where …
- … are without you’ (letters from Carl Kraus, [31?] January 1878 and 10 February 1878 ). Darwin …
- … been school-boys’ ( letter to Karl von Scherzer, 1 April 1878 ). More critics Closer …
- … matter’ ( letter from H. N. Ridley, [before 28 November 1878] ). Darwin received a copy of the …
- … care of himself ’ ( letter from J. B. Innes, 1 December 1878 ). Darwin did not think the Oxford …
Darwn's letters from 1878 online
Summary
Investigating the movements and 'sleep' of plants, being entertained by the mental faculties of his young grandson Bernard, finally elected a corresponding member of the French Académie des sciences, trying to secure a government grant to support…
Wearing his knowledge lightly: From Fritz Müller, 5 April 1878
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Darwin received letters from so many people and wrote so many fascinating letters himself, that it’s hard to choose from many letters that stand out, but one of this editor’s favourites, that always brings a smile, is a letter from Fritz Müller written 5…
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- … smile, is a letter from Fritz Müller written 5 April 1878 . Müller was a German naturalist …
Diagrams and drawings in letters
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Over 850 illustrations from the printed volumes of The Correspondence of Charles Darwin have been added to the online transcripts of the letters. The contents include maps, diagrams, drawings, sketches and photographs, covering geological, botanical,…
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- … specimen, both sides of which are reproduced, 29 January 1878 S. B. J. Skertchly's …
Power of movement in plants
Summary
Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment Family experiments Darwin was an active and engaged father during his children's youth, involving them in his experiments and even occasionally using them as observational subjects. When his children…
3.8 Leonard Darwin, interior photo
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< Back to Introduction Leonard Darwin, who created the distinctive image of his father sitting on the verandah at Down House, also portrayed him as a melancholy philosopher. His head, brightly lit from above, emerges from the enveloping darkness; he…
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- … when he took his photographs. This one must be before August 1878, when it was reproduced as a …
- … copies in the Darwin archive say the photograph was taken in 1878. The latter date is accepted by …
- … Leonard wrote to his father from Brompton Barracks in April 1878 enclosing two photographs …
- … of the photograph at Down House that he took it in 1878. It was this photograph which …
- … date of creation undated; probably early 1878 computer-readable date c.1878-01-01 to c …
- … to his father, enclosing unidentified photographs, 25 April 1878. Woodburytype reproduction of …
Photograph album of German and Austrian scientists
Summary
The album was sent to Darwin to mark his birthday on 12 February 1877 by the civil servant Emil Rade, and contained 165 portraits of German and Austrian scientists. The work was lavishly produced and bound in blue velvet with metal embossing. Its ornate…
Darwin and the Church
Summary
The story of Charles Darwin’s involvement with the church is one that is told far too rarely. It shows another side of the man who is more often remembered for his personal struggles with faith, or for his role in large-scale controversies over the…
Movement in Plants
Summary
The power of movement in plants, published on 7 November 1880, was the final large botanical work that Darwin wrote. It was the only work in which the assistance of one of his children, Francis Darwin, is mentioned on the title page. The research for this…
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- … son Francis worked in this laboratory in the summers of 1878 and 1879, he encountered some of the …
- … Movement in plants , p. 179. In May 1878, Darwin had pointed out the importance of …
- … his experiments on the function of bloom. By December 1878, Darwin was thinking about the …
- … accuracy ( letter from J. D. Cooper, 13 December 1878 ). The method would be expensive, so Darwin …
4.31 'La Lune Rousse', Gill cartoon
Summary
< Back to Introduction A drawing of Darwin by André Gill borrows a satirical trope found in The Hornet, Fun and Punch, showing him with a large caricatured head joined to the body of an ape. However, La Lune Rousse is distinctively French in…
Darwin in letters, 1882: Nothing too great or too small
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In 1882, Darwin reached his 74th year Earthworms had been published the previous October, and for the first time in decades he was not working on another book. He remained active in botanical research, however. Building on his recent studies in plant…
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- … experiments. Francis went to Germany in the summer of 1878 for more experience in physiological …
- … this to you’ ( letter to Francis Darwin, [1 August 1878] ). The last years also saw Darwin …
- … and Earthworms , pp. 221–8). Darwin resumed contact in 1878. On receiving Darwin’s letter, …
- … at wormbs”’ ( letter from Mary Johnson, [after 22 July 1878] ). Edition complete …
Darwin’s Photographic Portraits
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Darwin was a photography enthusiast. This is evident not only in his use of photography for the study of Expression and Emotions in Man and Animal, but can be witnessed in his many photographic portraits and in the extensive portrait correspondence that…
Dining at Down House
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Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment Dining, Digestion, and Darwin's Domestic Life While Darwin is best remembered for his scientific accomplishments, he greatly valued and was strongly influenced by his domestic life. Darwin's…
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- … Leonard Darwin to George Darwin, 8 February [1878] Darwin’s youngest son, Leonard (Lenny), …
1.13 Louisa Nash, drawing
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< Back to Introduction This sketch portrait of Darwin was drawn by Louisa A‘hmuty Nash as a memento of her friendship with the Darwin family and a token of her unbounded admiration and affection for Darwin himself. She and her husband, the lawyer…
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1.12 Marian Huxley, drawing
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< Back to Introduction Portrayals of Darwin by women in his social circle cannot be lumped together as the products of adoring amateurs. In 1878 he was sketched by Marian (‘Mady’) Huxley, who was then only in her late teens, but already a trained and…
Cross and self fertilisation
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The effects of cross and self fertilisation in the vegetable kingdom, published on 10 November 1876, was the result of a decade-long project to provide evidence for Darwin’s belief that ‘‘Nature thus tells us, in the most emphatic manner, that she abhors…
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- … A. W. Rimpau, 10 December 1877 ). By the end of February 1878, Murray was ready to print the second …
4.33 'Harper's Weekly', Bellew caricature
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< Back to Introduction In a page of comic drawings by Frank Bellew, ostensibly his ‘Sketches in the New York Aquarium’, yet another joke about Darwin’s simian connections makes an appearance. ‘The Chimpanzee’ sits on a fancy bed amid the straw…
4.30 'La Petite Lune', Gill cartoon
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< Back to Introduction La Petite Lune was a sister paper of La Lune Rousse, and was published, edited and illustrated by André Gill, through 1878-9. It featured a series of caricatures titled ‘Les hommes illustrés’, to which this belongs. Gill again…
2.23 Hope Pinker statue, Oxford Museum
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< Back to Introduction Henry Richard Hope Pinker’s life-size statue of Darwin was installed in the Oxford University Museum on 14 June 1899. It was the latest in a series of statues of great scientific thinkers, the ‘Founders and Improvers of Natural…
3.17 Lock and Whitfield, 'Men of Mark'
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< Back to Introduction The ambitious series of photographs of Men of Mark, published by the firm of Lock and Whitfield between 1876 and 1883, was a successor to similar sets which had appeared in the 1850s and 1860s. This one was distinguished by its…