To Armand de Quatrefages 14 May [1863]
Down. | Bromley. | Kent. S.E.
May 14th.—
Dear Sir
I send by this Post two Photographs (by Book Post) of the nãta Skull.1 The delay in getting them made was caused by the Photographer.— Mr. Flower, the Curator of the Museum (whose name you will know in connection with the Brain discussion) has been very kind in aiding me for your sake.2 He informs me that you could have a Cast made, but it would cost £3〃s3〃d0, & there would be the expence of a large Box, & the cost of carriage.— Perhaps you will not think the skull worth all this expence; but if you do, Mr Flower will get one made & sent to the museum.—
With sincere respect | Dear Sir | Yours very faithfully | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Flower, William Henry. 1862. On the posterior lobes of the cerebrum of the Quadrumana. [Read 9 January 1862.] Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 152: 185–201.
Rupke, Nicolaas A. 1994. Richard Owen, Victorian naturalist. New Haven, Conn., and London: Yale University Press.
Summary
Is sending photographs of the niata skull [requested in 4082]. W. H. Flower reports that he could have a cast made for £3.3s.0d.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-4166A
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Jean Louis Armand (Armand de Quatrefages) Quatrefages de Bréau
- Sent from
- Down
- Postmark
- MY 14 63
- Source of text
- Sotheby’s, New York (dealers) (1997)
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 4166A,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-4166A.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 11
