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2.13 Edgar Boehm, statue in the NHM
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< Back to Introduction Edgar Boehm’s marble statue of Darwin in the Natural History Museum was commissioned by the committee of the Darwin Memorial Fund. This body had been set up by Darwin’s friends after his death in 1882, with the aim of providing…
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- … to Introduction Edgar Boehm’s marble statue of Darwin in the Natural History Museum was …
- … report shows that their donations did indeed range from the Darwin family’s £200 down to five …
- … a cost of £2,100, to pay for a bronze portrait medallion of Darwin in Westminster Abbey (also by …
- … sciences, and opened to the public in 1881, shortly before Darwin’s death. This government-funded …
- … was also a key aim. The introduction of the statue of Darwin on the central landing of the grand …
- … also symbolised acceptance by both church and state that Darwin, once anathematised as a threat to …
- … as a sign of the institution’s ‘official sanction’ of Darwin’s theories: rather, it was meant to …
- … which were directly explanatory of the scientific views of Darwin and his disciples. Richard Owen, …
- … central area of the hall were watched over by the figure of Darwin, and Boehm’s statue was even …
- … committee’s choice of Boehm to sculpt the portrait of Darwin could be construed as conservative and …
- … artist’. However, for many viewers, Boehm’s statue of Darwin, slightly over life size, seemed to …
- … legs crossed – an easy, unassuming pose seen in Leonard Darwin’s photograph of his father on the …
- … Fair ’s caricature . The collared cape or cloak that Darwin wore outdoors (depicted also in …
- … Moses , giving monumentality to the figure. Emma Darwin, always difficult to please with respect to …
- … think it was a strong likeness of him (Boehm had never seen Darwin in life), but the impressive …
- … her daughter-in-law Sara that Boehm’s characterisation of Darwin’s hands was unsatisfactory, so a …
- … was very well received; the Times writer thought that Darwin seemed to ‘welcome all coming …
- … in 1927, but put back there in 2008, in time for the Darwin bicentenary celebrations of 2009. …
- … 1883, was given to Cambridge University by members of the Darwin family in 1891, and placed in the …
- … death by the Countess of Derby; her daughter presented it to Darwin’s son George, who lent it to the …
- … white marble, inscribed on the front of the base ‘CHARLES DARWIN’, and on the right side, ‘J.E. …
- … 2 (PH/3/1/781-797, 801-1588); vol. 3 (PH1/3/1/1589-2226). ‘Darwin memorial’, Times (17 June, …
- … June 1885, p. 5. ‘Unveiling the statue of the late Charles Darwin in the Natural History Museum, …
- … R. Moore, ‘Charles Darwin lies in Westminster Abbey’ in R.J. Berry (ed.), Charles Darwin: A …
- … science through biographical narratives’, in M.J. Reiss, C.J. Boulter, D.L. Sanders (eds), Darwin …
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From J. D. Hooker 26[–7] February 1868KewFeby 26th/68Dear Darwin I have been bursting with impatience to hear what you would say of the Athenæum Review & who wrote it— I could not conceive who…
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- … February 1868 Kew Feby 26 th /68 Dear Darwin I have been …
- … has “covered itself with infamy”.— The G. C. article is weak, watery— It is hard to decide …
- … i.e. where furthest removed from the action of light air &c, (as Spermatic cells) or in the most …
- … See letter to J. D. Hooker, 23 February [1868] and nn. 7–10. f5 Thomas Henry Huxley. …
- … Letter details From Hooker, J. D. To Darwin, C. R. Sent from Kew …
