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3.16 Oscar Rejlander, photos
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< Back to Introduction Darwin’s plans for the illustration of his book The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals (1872) led him to the Swedish-born painter and photographer, Oscar Gustaf Rejlander. Rejlander gave Darwin the notes that he had…
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- … him financially on at least one occasion. Already in 1871, their association had extended beyond …
- … inscribed by the sitter: ‘R.B. Litchfield, Down, 31 Aug. 1871’; this was the wedding day of …
- … Darwin recorded payments to him in May, August and October 1871, and in March and August 1872, but …
- … to have met Rejlander in London in the first week of April 1871, and may have posed in his studio, a …
- … to his son Leonard) was copyrighted by Rejlander in April 1871, and reproduced in the London …
- … periodical press. On 11 November 1871, Rejlander sent Darwin ‘a bundle of cards’, which …
- … This supposition is strengthened by the fact that in October 1871 Darwin himself had written to the …
- … front page of The Illustrated Review on 15 November 1871, and was later re-used, with …
- … article in the same journal in April 1882. A coarser wood engraved version adorned Great Thoughts …
- … of image Oscar Rejlander date of creation 1871 computer-readable …
- … London Photographic Society, February 12, 1863. Darwin’s letter to his daughter Henrietta of 20 …
- … 176.116). Letters from Darwin to Elliott and Fry, 23 April [1871] (DCP-LETT-7710A), and to the …
- … Eeles Dresser’s album of letters and autographs in the John Rylands Library, University of …
- … to the Subscribers to Nature no. 240 June 4 th 1874’. Wood engraving in The Graphic , XI:278 …
3.18 Elliott and Fry photos, c.1869-1871
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< Back to Introduction The leading photographic firm of Elliott and Fry seems to have portrayed Darwin at Down House on several occasions. In November 1869 Darwin told A. B. Meyer, who wanted photographs of both him and Wallace for a German…
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- … and Fry evidently approached Darwin again in the spring of 1871, with a request that he would sit …
- … to Down again for a simpler portrayal. On 2 August 1871, Darwin wrote, ‘Many thanks for the …
- … of Darwin were taken in summer 1869, and which in summer 1871: the indication in Darwin’s letter, …
- … by Darwin’s daughter Henrietta on the backs to 1869. By 1871-2 some of Elliott and Fry’s photographs …
- … photographs of him taken in 1868, or Rejlander’s of spring 1871. One of this group of …
- … crossed this date out in favour of 1869 – the date which John van Wyhe assigns to it. In another of …
- … and Fry group is a photograph issued in ‘carte’ form by John Gloag Murdoch, a publisher who from c …
- … in that particular image. To add to the complexities, John van Wyhe, in his ‘Iconography’ of Darwin …
- … head from one of the Elliott and Fry photographs was wood engraved for Popular Science Monthly …
- … 1876. The Pictorial World of 6 June 1874 published a wood engraving which seems almost to …
- … originator of image the photographic firm of Joseph John Elliott and Clarence Edmund Fry, 55 Baker …
- … to groups of photographs taken in summer 1869 and summer 1871, possible also in 1874. …
- … Letters from Darwin to Elliott and Fry, 23 April [1871], (DCP-LETT-7710A) and [2 August 1871], (DCP …
- … head in an oval vignette, issued by Elliott and Fry or John Murdoch. Wood engraving in Popular …
- … an article, ‘Darwin’, pp. 143-4 (DAR 140.1.9). Wood engraving in The Pictorial World (6 June …
- … and a wood-engraved vignette version illustrated Revd John Vaughan’s article on the ‘Boyhood of …
Women’s scientific participation
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Observers | Fieldwork | Experimentation | Editors and critics | Assistants Darwin’s correspondence helps bring to light a community of women who participated, often actively and routinely, in the nineteenth-century scientific community. Here is a…
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- … Observers Women: Letter 1194 - Darwin to Whitby, M. A. T., [12 August …
- … silkworm breeds, or peculiarities in inheritance. Letter 3787 - Darwin, H. E. to …
- … observations of cats’ instinctive behaviour. Letter 4258 - Becker, L. E. to Darwin, …
- … to artificially fertilise plants in her garden. Letter 4523 - Wedgwood, L. C. to …
- … be made on seeds of Pulmonaria officinalis . Letter 5745 - Barber, M. E. to …
- … Expression from her home in South Africa. Letter 6736 - Gray, A. & J. L …
- … Expression during a trip to Egypt. Letter 7223 - Darwin to Wedgwood, L. C., …
- … expression of emotion in her pet dog and birds. Letter 5817 - Darwin to Huxley, T. …
- … is making similar observations for him. Letter 6535 - Vaughan Williams , M. S. …
- … of a crying baby to Darwin's daughter, Henrietta. Letter 7179 - Wedgwood, …
- … briefly on her ongoing observations of wormholes. Letter 8611 - Cupples, A. J. …
- … expression of emotion in dogs with Emma Darwin. Letter 8676 - Treat, M. to Darwin, …
- … birds, insects or plants on Darwin’s behalf. Letter 8683 - Roberts, D. to …
- … of an angry pig and her niece’s ears. Letter 8701 - Lubbock, E. F . to Darwin, …
- … on her experiments with fly-catching Drosera . Letter 9426 - Story …
- … without the birds attacking the buds and flowers. Letter 9616 - Marshall, T. to …
- … 6815 - Scott, J. to Darwin, [2 July 1869] John Scott responds to Darwin’s queries …
- … Letter 12745 - Darwin to Wedg wood, K. E. S., [8 October 1880] Darwin asks his …
- … Letter 7433 - Wedgwood, F. to Darwin, [9 January 1871] Darwin’s brother-in-law, …
- … Letter 8113 - Treat, M. to Darwin, [20 December 1871] Mary Treat describes her …
- … on Dionaea which she undertakes alongside Dr. Wood of Wilmington. Letter 10390 …
- … - Weir, J. J. to Darwin, [24 March 1868] John Weir describes experiments he is undertaking …
- … J., [5 April 1859] Darwin asks his publisher, John Murray, to forward a manuscript copy of …
- … Letter 7605 - Darwin to Darwin, H. E., [20 March 1871] Darwin reports to …
- … Letter 7858 - Darwin to Wa llace, A. R., [12 July 1871] Darwin tells Wallace that …
- … 8089 - Darwin to Litc hfield, H. E., [2 December 1871] Darwin sends a chapter on …
- … editorial criticism of a paper written by English naturalist John Lubbock. In addition to offering …
- … - Weir, J. J. to Darwin, [24 March 1868] John Weir describes experiments he is undertaking …
4.24 'Daily Graphic', Nast satire
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< Back to Introduction In 1874 the Harvard philosopher John Fiske published his magnum opus, Outlines of Cosmic Philosophy, in which he set out to explain the far-reaching significance of Darwin’s and Herbert Spencer’s evolutionary theories. He…
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- … to Introduction In 1874 the Harvard philosopher John Fiske published his magnum opus, …
- … cartoon by the famous Thomas Nast, entitled ‘Professor John Fisk [sic] flys the evolution kite in …
- … polemic was clearly an ordeal to the recipient. Darwin’s letter of thanks to Fiske was …
- … 1874-09-01 to 1874-09-11 medium and material wood engraving from a drawing by Nast …
- … 1874); there were many subsequent editions. Fiske’s letter to Darwin, introducing himself and …
- … (10 June 1879) and DCP-LETT-12606 (14 May [1880]). John Spencer Clark, The Life and Letters of …
Darwin in letters, 1867: A civilised dispute
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Charles Darwin’s major achievement in 1867 was the completion of his large work, The variation of animals and plants under domestication (Variation). The importance of Darwin’s network of correspondents becomes vividly apparent in his work on expression in…
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- … selection in relation to sex ( Descent ), published in 1871, and the chapter on expression into …
- … of the size of the two-volume work from his publisher, John Murray, he wrote to Murray on 3 …
- … suppose abuse is as good as praise for selling a Book’ ( letter to John Murray, 31 January [1867] …
- … to the printer, but without the additional chapter. In a letter written on 8 February [1867] to …
- … books, Descent and Expression . In the same letter, Darwin revealed the conclusion to his …
- … variation of animals and plants under domestication . In a letter to his son William dated 27 …
- … of his brother’s embryological papers with his first letter to Darwin of 15 March 1867 , although …
- … to translate Variation . Indeed, he told his publisher, John Murray, in a letter of 4 April …
- … tell me, at what rate your work will be published’ ( letter from J. V. Carus, 5 April 1867 ). This …
- … & sent to him, he may wish to give up the task’ ( letter to Carl Vogt, 12 April [1867] ). …
- … fit person’ to introduce the work to the German public ( letter from J. V. Carus, 15 April 1867 ). …
- … Vogt should translate my book in preference to you’ ( letter to J. V. Carus, 18 April [1867] ). …
- … varieties at the eye, which resulted in a mottled hybrid ( letter from Robert Trail, 5 April 1867 …
- … seems to me, if true, a wonderful physiological fact’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 15 April [1867] ). …
- … it will be a somewhat important step in Biology’ ( letter to Charles Lyell, 22 August [1867] ). …
- … if you attack it & me with unparalleled ferocity’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 17 November [1867] …
- … time it took William Sweetland Dallas to prepare the index. John Murray had engaged Dallas and …
- … own discretion; anyhow most ought to be introduced’ ( letter to W. S. Dallas, 8 November [1867] ). …
- … however, & I cannot get on so quickly as I could wish’ (letter from W. S. Dallas, 20 November …
- … with me about 27 years old In a letter of 22 February [1867] to Fritz Müller in …
- … chapter on the cause or meaning of Expression.’ With this letter Darwin enclosed a list of questions …
- … ‘Queries about Expression’. In a postscript to the letter he added, ‘But you must not plague …
- … that Darwin send his queries to foreign newspapers. The letter also reveals that he did not share …
- … work in some “supplemental remarks on expression”’ ( letter to A. R. Wallace, [12–17] March [1867] …
- … of no one to send them to, so do not want any more’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 15 April [1867] ). …
- … for the year 1867. In his 15 April [1867] letter to Gray , Darwin commented, ‘I have been …
- … further ( Variation 2: 75). In notes for his reply to a letter from Edward Blyth dated 19 …
- … on sexual differences in mammals and birds. In his letter to Fritz Müller of 22 February [1867] , …
- … was sure that the colours were protective and suggested that John Jenner Weir might conduct …
Darwin in Conversation exhibition
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Meet Charles Darwin as you have never met him before. Come to our exhibition at Cambridge University Library, running from 9 July to 3 December 2022, and discover a fascinating series of interwoven conversations with Darwin's many hundreds of…
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- … 9 July – 3 December 2022 Milstein Exhibition Centre, Cambridge University …
