To T. H. Huxley 8 March [1855]
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Thanks THH for corroborating his observations. Discusses metamorphosis of ovaria to cement organs. Ovaries, germinal vesicles, and anatomy of cirripedes. Difficulties of classification, and observation.
THH’s article on Mollusca [Charles Knight, ed., English cyclopædia: a new dictionary of universal knowledge (1854–70) 3: 855–74].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
| Date: | 8 Mar [1855] |
| Classmark: | Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 25) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1645 |
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, …
