From Briton Riviere 16 May 1872
16 Addison Road | Kensington W
May 16/72
My dear Sir
I fear that long ere this you must have repented waiting for my sketches of the two dogs which I have just sent per rail to the Orpington Station.1
It is very likely that they will be of no use to you but I shall be very glad if they are. I have endeavored to keep to your written directions as much as possible.2
Should the sketches be worth cutting, if you will kindly let me know when they are in Mr Cooper’s hands I will call & see him about them (I know him very well) as expression hangs upon so subtile a difference of lines that what may be right in the drawing can be easily made wrong in the engraving.3
Trusting that these sketches will be of use I am | Dear Sir | Yours truly | Briton Riviere
Footnotes
Bibliography
Expression: The expression of the emotions in man and animals. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872.
Summary
Sends sketches of expressions in two dogs.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-8333
- From
- Briton Riviere
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Kensington
- Source of text
- DAR 176: 176
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 8333,” accessed on 23 March 2023, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-8333.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 20
