From Emma Darwin to ? [October 1874 – April 1882]1
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S. E. R.
Dear Sir
Mr Darwin begs me to say that he is sorry he cannot give you a sitting in London—
I send a photograph which we think an excellent likeness, of which my son would lend you the negative after he has had some more copies taken.2
Mr Darwin would be happy to give a sitting here if it was wished for.
I should be glad to have the photograph returned as we consider it the best likeness of Mr Darwin that we have—
Dear Sir | yours faithfully, | E. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Browne, Janet. 2009. Looking at Darwin: portraits and the making of an icon. Isis 100: 542–70.
Summary
CD cannot come to London to sit for photograph. Sends one taken by son [Leonard], which family considers the best likeness. CD would be glad to give a sitting at Down.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-13792
- From
- Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin
- To
- Unidentified
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Archives of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Ernst Mayr Library, Harvard University (bMs 62.10.1)
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 13792,” accessed on 8 December 2023, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-13792.xml
