From T. W. Clarke 12 January 1876
Thos’: Wm’: Clarke, | 29 Pemberton Square, | Boston,
Jan. 12 1876
Chas. Darwin Esq. | Care of Secretary | Royal Society | London | England.
Dear Sir,
In your studies of Expression in man & animals1 you have omitted a source of material, which the enclosed will doubtless suggest. It is the photographers failures with children’s pictures. I enclose two photographs of my little boy 3 ys old, failures which I have had printed for your inspection on this point The story of the photographer is on the back of each
Very Respy | Thos: Wm: Clarke
[Enclosure 1]
1
Jan. 8. 1876
Thomas Wm Clarke Jr 3 yrs old hearing the photographer’s story of the little girl who sewed her finger on a sewing machine, he having had the same experience shortly before
[Enclosure 2]
2
Jan. 8. 1876
Thomas Wm Clarke Jr 3 yrs old hearing the photographers story of a comical dog & his antics and tricks himself being acquainted with many dogs & having fondness for them.
CD annotations
Footnotes
Bibliography
Expression: The expression of the emotions in man and animals. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872.
Summary
Two photographs of T. W. Clarke, Jr, aged three, offered as examples of expression.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-10355
- From
- Thomas William Clarke
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Boston Mass.
- Source of text
- DAR 161: 170
- Physical description
- ALS 1p †, 2 photos
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 10355,” accessed on 16 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-10355.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 24
