From T. L. Brunton 23 July [1874]1
23 Somerset St | Portman Square
July 23d
Dear Sir
I enclose a tracing from what is said to be a good portrait of John Bunyan showing differences in two sides of face2
Please don’t trouble to acknowledge receipt.
Yours faithfully | T Lauder Brunton
Chas Darwin Esq
[Enclosure]
Footnotes
The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter to T. L. Brunton, 4 March 1874.
Brunton had argued that expression could differ on different sides of the face (see Correspondence vol. 21, letter from T. L. Brunton, 2 December 1873). He gave further examples in a now damaged section of his letter of 28 February 1874.
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Summary
Encloses a tracing of a portrait of John Bunyan showing the differences of the two sides of the face.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-9561
- From
- Thomas Lauder Brunton, 1st baronet
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- London, Somerset St, 23
- Source of text
- DAR 160: 339 (fragile)
- Physical description
- A (?) LS 1p damaged, encl 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 9561,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-9561.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 22
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