To G. H. Darwin 5 May [1879]1
From Mr. C. Darwin. Down, Beckenham.
Will you look in public Library & see if there is a life of Sir H. Rayburn, a Scotch painter, who is spoken of as famous & who painted Charles Darwin when dead.2 There is no such book in L. Library. Was he a friend of Ch. D. & why did he paint the corpse? There is said to be some reference about C. D. in Rayburns life.—3
May 5th
Footnotes
Bibliography
Andrew, William Raeburn. 1886. Life of Sir Henry Raeburn, R.A. With portraits and appendix. London: W. H. Allen and Co.
Brown, John. 1873. Sir Henry Raeburn. In Portraits by Sir Henry Raeburn. Photographed by Thomas Annan. With biographical sketches. Edinburgh: Andrew Elliot. 1876.
Duncan, Andrew. 1824. A tribute of regard to the memory of Sir Henry Raeburn, R.A. Edinburgh: P. Neill.
Summary
Asks GHD to look for a life of Sir Henry Rayburn [Raeburn] "who is spoken of as famous and who painted Charles Darwin [1758–1778] when dead". Asks why he painted the corpse.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-12033
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- George Howard Darwin
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 210.1: 79
- Physical description
- Apc
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12033,” accessed on 23 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12033.xml