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From E. A. Darwin   8 March [1879]

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Has read Krause’s "Life of Erasmus Darwin" [Kosmos 4 (1879): 397–424]; thinks it very interesting to anyone interested in "Darwinismus" – everybody.

Author:  Erasmus Alvey Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  8 Mar [1879]
Classmark:  DAR 92: B2; DAR 105: B105, B110
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11918

From E. A. Darwin   [8 March 1879?]

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Asks CD about translation of title-page of Kosmos.

Author:  Erasmus Alvey Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [8 Mar 1879?]
Classmark:  DAR 92: B2, DAR 105: B110
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11919
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4.10 'Hornet' caricature of Darwin

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< Back to Introduction Caricatures of Darwin that depicted him as a semi-ape are numerous and well known, but they marked a specific historical moment. Most date from the period following the publication of Descent of Man in 1871-2, extending through…

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  • … and bibliography The Hornet , 5:115 (22 March 1871), p. 308 and following plate. [James Duncan …

The Mount, Shrewsbury

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Letters from home

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  • … Darwin writes in preparation for the voyage, and his father and sisters write with news from home …

3.11 Edwards, in Illustrated London News

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< Back to Introduction A photograph of Darwin by Ernest Edwards, showing him in three-quarter view to the left, must have been taken at the same session as the profile published in Men of Eminence in 1866. The baggy sleeve of Darwin’s coat looks…

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  • … on p. 243. Harper’s Weekly , 15:745 (8 April 1871), p. 308, wood engraving with the same caption, …