To Violetta Galton 12 July [1871]1
Down, | Beckenham, Kent.
July 12th
My dear Aunt
I am very much obliged to you for your great kindness in writing to me in your own hand. My sons were no doubt deceived & the picture-seller affixed the name of a celebrated man to the picture for the sake of getting his price.—2
Your note is a wonderful proof how well some few people in this world can write & express themselves at an advanced age.3 It is enough to make one not fear so much the advance of age, as I often do, though you must think me quite a youth!—
With my best thanks, pray believe me with much respect | Your affectionate nephew | Charles Darwin
Summary
Thanks his aunt for a note about a picture bought by CD’s sons.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-7860
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Frances Anne Violetta (Violetta) Darwin/Frances Anne Violetta (Violetta) Galton
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- UCL Library Services, Special Collections (GALTON/1/1/9/5/7/7)
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 7860,” accessed on 8 June 2023, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-7860.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 19
