To Briton Riviere 29 May 1872
Down. Beckenham, Kent
May 29, 1872.
My dear Sir
I thank you for your great kindness. I shall be very glad to get the drawing of the dog engraved.1 A lady, who I think is a good critic has just remarked, I think with truth that the outlines of the back and flanks are too smooth; but perhaps this is owing to its unfinished state. I cannot but think, and I hope you will reflect on this, that it would be an improvement if the tail were a little more raised, and if possible a little curved to one side. I shall send my MS to the printers next week, so that to save time, will you have the kindness to send the block when finished to Mr. Cooper 188 Strand, and I will instruct him to lose no time in engraving.2
With very sincere thanks believe me | Yours faithfully | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Expression: The expression of the emotions in man and animals. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872.
Summary
Comments on drawing of dog. Will get it engraved [see Expression, pp. 52, 53].
Will send MS of Expression to printers next week.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-8360
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Briton Riviere
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 147: 321
- Physical description
- C 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 8360,” accessed on 23 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-8360.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 20