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3.9 Leonard Darwin, photo on horseback

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< Back to Introduction It is so rare to encounter an image of Darwin in a specific locale that a family photograph of him riding his horse Tommy takes on a special interest. He is at the front of Down House, the door of which is open; it seems as…

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  • … was described simply as ‘Portrait of Charles Darwin on his cob “Tommy”’, without any indication of …
  • … ‘My father had a bad accident in April, 1869. His quiet cob Tommy stumbled and fell, rolling on him …

Darwin in letters,1866: Survival of the fittest

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The year 1866 began well for Charles Darwin, as his health, after several years of illness, was now considerably improved. In February, Darwin received a request from his publisher, John Murray, for a new edition of  Origin. Darwin got the fourth…

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  • … Jones, 10 February [1866] ). Darwin began riding the cob, Tommy, on 4 June 1866, and in a …
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