From Henry Groves 1 April 1882
Summary
Has forwarded some plants of Nitella opaca. Has observed their struggle for existence for several years in the gravel-pit pools at Mitcham.
| Author: | Henry Groves |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 1 Apr 1882 |
| Classmark: | DAR 165: 236 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13751 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … From Henry Groves 1 April 1882 …
- … DAR 165: 236 Henry Groves London, Richmond Terrace, 13 1 Apr 1882 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … tassel stonewort) is in the family Characeae. See letter to Henry Groves, 27 March 1882 . …
- … Terrace | Clapham Road S.W. 1. April 1882 My dear Sir I had the pleasure of forwarding, …
- … In his letter to Groves of 27 March 1882 , CD had asked for a living plant of Nitella ; …
From Joseph Fayrer 2 April 1882
Summary
Is trying to get some cobra poison for CD.
| Author: | Joseph Fayrer, 1st baronet |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 2 Apr 1882 |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 115 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13752 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … From Joseph Fayrer 2 April 1882 …
- … 115 Joseph Fayrer, 1st baronet London, Wimpole St, 53 2 Apr 1882 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … In a letter of 30 March 1882 , CD had asked Fayrer, an expert on snake venom, for some …
- … 53 Wimpole St 2 April 1882 Dear Mr Darwin I am sorry to say I have not yet succeded in …
From J. L. Ambrose 3 April 1882
Summary
Reminds CD of three cards JLA sent in February for CD to sign and date and write his good wishes on.
| Author: | James L. Ambrose |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 3 Apr 1882 |
| Classmark: | DAR 159: 57 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13756 |
To Adolf Ernst 3 April 1882
Summary
Edmond Perrier of Paris would be pleased to receive earthworms collected in Venezuela.
CD fears that he exaggerated the importance of worms in forming ledges on hillsides [see Earthworms, p. 278 ff.].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Adolf Ernst |
| Date: | 3 Apr 1882 |
| Classmark: | State Darwin Museum, Moscow (GDM KP OF 8975) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13755 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To Adolf Ernst 3 April 1882 …
- … Darwin Museum, Moscow (GDM KP OF 8975) Charles Robert Darwin Down 3 Apr 1882 Adolf Ernst …
- … whether they were produced by earthworms (see letter from Adolf Ernst, 2 March 1882 ). …
- … Station | Orpington. S.E.R. ) April 3 d . 1882 Dear Sir I am extremely sorry to hear of …
- … See letter from Adolf Ernst, 2 March 1882 . Ernst had sent CD a common earthworm from …
- … letter from Adolf Ernst, 2 March 1882 ). Edmond Perrier had carried out extensive research …
- … see the letter from Adolf Ernst, 2 March 1882 , n. 3. The Lumbricidae are a family of …
To Henry Groves 3 April 1882
Summary
Thanks HG for specimen of Mitella.
CD has tried effects of carbonate of ammonia on chlorophyll grains, but his observations are hardly trustworthy. He finds stooping over the microscope affects his heart.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Henry Groves |
| Date: | 3 Apr 1882 |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add MS 46917: 66) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13754 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To Henry Groves 3 April 1882 …
- … The British Library (Add MS 46917: 66) Charles Robert Darwin Down 3 Apr 1882 Henry Groves …
- … bodies. By Charles Darwin. [Read 6 March 1882. ] Journal of the Linnean Society of …
- … Station | Orpington. S.E.R. ) April 3 d 1882. — Dear Sir I thank you cordially for the …
- … See letter from Henry Groves, 1 April 1882 . Nitella opaca (dark stonewort) is a species …
- … had been read at the Linnean Society on 6 March 1882 ( ‘Action of carbonate of ammonia on …
- … See letter from Henry Groves, 1 April 1882 . Groves noted that while the species he …
To Federico Philippi 3 April 1882
Summary
Thanks for his Catalogue of the Chilean plants.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Federico Enrique Eunom (Federico) Philippi |
| Date: | 3 Apr 1882 |
| Classmark: | Yudilevich Levy and Castro Le-Fort eds. 1996, p. 33 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13757F |
To P. L. Sclater 3 April 1882
Summary
Encloses paper [by W. Van Dyck] for publication by the Zoological Society ["On Syrian street dogs", Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. (1882): 367–70].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Philip Lutley Sclater |
| Date: | 3 Apr 1882 |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.618) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13753 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … To P. L. Sclater 3 April 1882 …
- … Society (Mss.B.D25.618) Charles Robert Darwin Down 3 Apr 1882 Philip Lutley Sclater …
- … the Zoological Society ["On Syrian street dogs", Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. (1882): 367–70]. …
- … Bibliography Van Dyck, William Thomas. 1882. On the modification of a race of Syrian …
- … a preliminary notice by Charles Darwin, F.R.S, F.Z.S. [Read 18 April 1882. ] Proceedings …
- … of the Zoological Society of London (1882): 367–9. …
- … Station | Orpington. S.E.R. ) April 3 d 1882 My dear M r Sclater I send the enclosed paper …
- … Van Dyck , in a letter of 27 February 1882 , had sent CD a paper on Syrian street dogs, …
- … was received by the Zoological Society of London on 4 April 1882, and was published in the …
- … Proceedings of the society ( Van Dyck 1882 ). At the bottom of the letter CD wrote ‘over’, …
To W. T. Van Dyck 3 April 1882
Summary
Very anxious that WTVD’s essay [on Syrian street dogs, see 13710] should be published. Has sent it to Zoological Society with a few introductory remarks [see 13753].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Thomson Van Dyck |
| Date: | 3 Apr 1882 |
| Classmark: | DAR 261.11: 15 (EH 88206067) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13757 |
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- … To W. T. Van Dyck 3 April 1882 …
- … 261.11: 15 (EH 88206067) Charles Robert Darwin Down 3 Apr 1882 William Thomson Van Dyck …
- … of Chicago Press. Van Dyck, William Thomas. 1882. On the modification of a race of Syrian …
- … a preliminary notice by Charles Darwin, F.R.S, F.Z.S. [Read 18 April 1882. ] Proceedings …
- … of the Zoological Society of London (1882): 367–9. …
- … Station | Orpington. S.E.R. ) April 3 d . 1882. — Dear Sir After much deliberation I have …
- … See letter to P. L. Sclater, 3 April 1882 and n. 1. Van Dyck’s account was published, with …
- … Zoological Society of London ( Van Dyck 1882 ). The changing role of Nature as a forum for …
- … had suggested that the paper be published in Nature in his letter of 27 February 1882 . …
To Margaret Hadley 4 April 1882
Summary
Sends signature.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Margaret Hadley |
| Date: | 4 Apr 1882 |
| Classmark: | DAR 144: 367 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13758 |
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From H. N. Moseley 5 April 1882
Summary
Solicits CD’s subscription to the Rolleston Memorial Fund, which will be used for a post-graduate prize at Oxford and Cambridge.
| Author: | Henry Nottidge Moseley |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 5 Apr 1882 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 264 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13759 |
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- … From H. N. Moseley 5 April 1882 …
- … DAR 171: 264 Henry Nottidge Moseley Oxford 5 Apr 1882 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … when the fund was first proposed (see letter to H. N. Moseley, 7 April 1882 and n. 2). …
- … Collection in the University Museum. By June 1882, the fund amounted to £1100; it was used …
- … pathology, or anthropology ( Nature , 8 June 1882, p. 135). CD’s annotations are notes for …
To Nature [before 6 April 1882]
Summary
Reports observations of W. D. Crick [see 13705, 13715, and 13721] and Frank Norgate [see 13079]. They leave no doubt that living bivalves are often carried from pond to pond.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Nature |
| Date: | [before 6 Apr 1882] |
| Classmark: | Nature 25 (1882): 529–30; Collected Papers 2: 276 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13760 |
To Margaret Hadley 6 April [1882]
Summary
Sends his birth date.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Margaret Hadley |
| Date: | 6 Apr [1882] |
| Classmark: | DAR 144: 368 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13761 |
To W. E. A. Axon 7 April [1882]
Summary
Cannot contribute article to new journal [Field Naturalist and Scientific Student]. Writes only to communicate new facts.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Edward Armytage Axon |
| Date: | 7 Apr [1882] |
| Classmark: | DAR 143: 26 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13762 |
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- … To W. E. A. Axon 7 April [1882] …
- … DAR 143: 26 Charles Robert Darwin Down 7 Apr [1882] William Edward Armytage Axon …
- … Bibliography [Axon, William E. A. ] 1882. The Field Naturalist and Scientific Student. A …
- … and Scientific Student was published on 1 June 1882. The periodical folded after the ninth …
- … for grander phenomena and more intricate problems’ ( [Axon] 1882 ). The first issue of the …
To H. N. Moseley 7 April 1882
Summary
Adds to his previous subscription for the Rolleston Memorial Fund.
Hopes HNM’s position at Oxford is satisfactory.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Henry Nottidge Moseley |
| Date: | 7 Apr 1882 |
| Classmark: | Christie’s, London (dealers) (online 31 October – 8 November 2018, lot 16) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13763 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … To H. N. Moseley 7 April 1882 …
- … 8 November 2018, lot 16) Charles Robert Darwin Down 7 Apr 1882 Henry Nottidge Moseley …
- … Station | Orpington. S.E.R. ) April 7 th 1882 My dear Moseley I am much obliged to you for …
- … In his letter of 5 April 1882 , Moseley had asked CD to contribute to the memorial fund …
From H. N. Moseley 8 April 1882
Summary
Thanks CD for contribution to Rolleston Fund
and for congratulations on his Professorship at Oxford.
| Author: | Henry Nottidge Moseley |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 8 Apr 1882 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 265 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13764 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … From H. N. Moseley 8 April 1882 …
- … DAR 171: 265 Henry Nottidge Moseley Oxford 8 Apr 1882 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Oxford: Berghahn Books. Haswell, William A. 1882. Note on a curious instance of symbiosis. …
- … See letter to H. N. Moseley, 7 April 1882 . Edward Chapman , the treasurer of the fund to …
- … from CD (see letter to H. N. Moseley, 7 April 1882 and n. 2). Moseley had been appointed …
- … Society of New South Wales ( Haswell 1882 ). Rolleston had been a great promoter of …
- … was accepted by Oxford University in May 1882, and formed the basis of the Pitt Rivers …
From A. N. Hopkins 9 April 1882
Summary
Sends fact about earthworms.
| Author: | Alfred Nind Hopkins |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 9 Apr 1882 |
| Classmark: | DAR 166: 267 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13765 |
To J. E. Todd 10 April 1882
Summary
Requests seeds of Solanum rostratum.
Fritz Müller believes that in plants with anthers of different colours, bees collect from one set alone.
Suggests JET send copy of paper ["Flowers of Solanum rostratum and Cassia chamaecrista", Am. Nat. 16 (1882): 281–7] to Müller.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | James Edward Todd |
| Date: | 10 Apr 1882 |
| Classmark: | Department of Special Collections, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas (KU MS C78) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13766 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … To J. E. Todd 10 April 1882 …
- … University of Kansas (KU MS C78) Charles Robert Darwin Down 10 Apr 1882 James Edward Todd …
- … of Solanum rostratum and Cassia chamaecrista ", Am. Nat. 16 (1882): 281–7] to Müller. …
- … John Murray. 1862. Todd, James Edward. 1882. On the flowers of Solanum rostratum and …
- … Station | Orpington. S.E.R. ) April 10 th 1882. — Dear Sir I hope that you will excuse the …
- … issue of the American Naturalist ( Todd 1882 ); there is a copy in the Darwin Pamphlet …
- … var. fasciculata , a leguminous plant) in Todd 1882 . Their structure, like the flowers of …
- … observations of his own in Nature , 9 November 1882, p. 30. Fritz Müller later mentioned …
From William Ogle 12 April 1882
Summary
A friend once "caught" an oyster while fishing, which confirms CD’s note ["On the dispersal of freshwater bivalves", Collected papers 2: 276–8].
| Author: | William Ogle |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 Apr 1882 |
| Classmark: | DAR 173: 11 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13767 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … From William Ogle 12 April 1882 …
- … DAR 173: 11 William Ogle London, Gordon Square, 10 12 Apr 1882 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … dispersal of freshwater bivalves. By Charles Darwin. Nature , 6 April 1882, pp. 529–30. …
- … Ogle, William, trans. 1882. Aristotle on the parts of animals . London: Kegan Paul, …
- … 10 Gordon S t . | Gordon Square April 12. 1882 Dear M r . Darwin, Your remarks in “Nature” …
- … hook. In his letter to Ogle of 22 February 1882 , CD praised Ogle’s introduction to his …
- … translation Aristotle on the parts of animals ( Ogle trans. 1882 ). In …
- … his letter to Ogle of 22 February 1882 , CD stated that he had not realised what a ‘ …
To J. L. Ambrose 15 April 1882
Summary
Remembers signing cards but they must have been lost in the post. Sends signature.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | James L. Ambrose |
| Date: | 15 Apr 1882 |
| Classmark: | Josh B. Rosenblum (private collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13768F |
From C. V. Naudin 15 April 1882
Summary
Sends more Trifolium resupinatum.
In France as in England there is indignation at the insults Decaisne suffered in the last years of his life.
Charles Martins has lost his Professorship at Montpellier.
| Author: | Charles Victor Naudin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 15 Apr 1882 |
| Classmark: | DAR 172: 12 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13768 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … From C. V. Naudin 15 April 1882 …
- … DAR 172: 12 Charles Victor Naudin Villa Thuret, Antibes 15 Apr 1882 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Persian clover) in his letter of 8 March 1882 . He had been trying to get seeds for CD …
- … Joseph Decaisne had died on 8 February 1882. Naudin had been aide-naturaliste at the …
- … an obituary of Decaisne in Nature , 23 February 1882, pp. 390–1, William Turner Thiselton- …
- … the letter from C. V. Naudin, 8 March 1882 . Charles Frédéric Martins had been professor …
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Darwin in letters, 1882: Nothing too great or too small
Summary
In 1882, Darwin reached his 74th year Earthworms had been published the previous October, and for the first time in decades he was not working on another book. He remained active in botanical research, however. Building on his recent studies in plant…
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- … In 1882, Darwin reached his 74th year Earthworms had been published the …
- … is nearly run’ ( letter to Lawson Tait, 13 February 1882 ). His condition worsened in March. …
- … styled plants ( letter from Fritz Müller, 1 January 1882 , and letter to Fritz Müller, 4 January …
- … any extra labour’ ( letter to G. J. Romanes, 6 January 1882 ). The finished paper, ‘On new …
- … effects on chlorophyll ( letter to Joseph Fayrer, 30 March 1882 ). He received a specimen of …
- … one plant or animal!’ ( letter to Henry Groves, 3 April 1882 ). He wrote to an American in Kansas …
- … experimentising on them’ ( letter to J. E. Todd, 10 April 1882 ). While enthusiasm drove him, …
- … affects my heart’ ( letter to Henry Groves, 3 April 1882 ). Earthworms and evolution …
- … Murray, carried an anonymous article on the book in January 1882. The reviewer’s assessment was …
- … researches themselves’ ( Quarterly Review , January 1882, p. 179). Darwin commented at length on …
- … about evolution’ ( letter to John Murray, 21 January 1882 ). The author was in fact the clergyman …
- … down the sides’ ( letter from J. F. Simpson, 7 January 1882 ). The agricultural chemist Joseph …
- … me greatly’ ( letter from J. H. Gilbert, 9 January 1882, and letter to J. H. Gilbert, 12 …
- … best of the fight’ ( letter from G. F. Crawte, 11 March 1882 ). The battle apparently ended in a …
- … edited by the American educator Emily Talbot (Talbot ed. 1882). His letter to Talbot written the …
- … the newspaper press’ ( letter from A. T. Rice, 4 February 1882 ). Rice looked to Darwin to provide …
- … case greatly suffer’ ( letter to C. A. Kennard, 9 January 1882 ). Kennard’s reply must be read in …
- … inferior, please ( letter from C. A. Kennard, 28 January 1882 ). Automata and vivisection …
- … Collier sent Darwin a copy of his Primer of art (Collier 1882), which seemed to follow Darwin’s …
- … a man, as Huxley’ ( letter to John Collier, 16 February 1882 ). Collier had married Thomas Henry …
- … consciousness?’ ( letter from John Collier, 22 February 1882 ; T. H. Huxley 1881, pp. 199–245). …
- … be overestimated’ ( letter to William Jenner, 20 March [1882] ; see also letter from T. L …
- … complete rest’ ( letter to Anthony Rich, 4 February 1882 ). Horace had settled in Cambridge with …
- … am now 73 years old’ ( letter to A. A. Reade, 13 February 1882 ). Over the month of February, …
- … ‘I have been for some time unwell’ (Darwin pocket diary, 1882, Down House MS). On a visit to Down in …
- … Pepsin mixture’ (letters to W. W. Baxter, 11 March 1882 and 18 March [1882 ]). Detailed …
The full edition is now online!
Summary
For nearly fifty years successive teams of researchers on both sides of the Atlantic have been working to track down all surviving letters written by or to Charles Darwin, research their content, and publish the complete texts. The thirtieth and final…
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- … all the letter texts – more than 15000 between 1822 and 1882 – are now published online. Like …
- … months of Darwin's life in our Life and Letters series, 1882: Nothing too great or too small …
- … run. ’ Letter to Lawson Tait, 13 February 1882 In early 1882, Darwin, who …
- … as I am. ’ Letter to John Murray, 21 January 1882 Darwin was by now confident …
- … no pain. ’ Letter to T. H. Huxley, 27 March 1882 Darwin wrote this to Thomas …
- … Letter from Emma Darwin to J. D. Hooker, [20 April 1882] Emma Darwin wrote the news of …
- … on 20 April: this letter concludes the correspondence for 1882. The family had expected Darwin to be …
Capturing Darwin’s voice: audio of selected letters
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On a sunny Wednesday in June 2011 in a makeshift recording studio somewhere in Cambridge, we were very pleased to welcome Terry Molloy back to the Darwin Correspondence Project for a special recording session. Terry, known for his portrayal of Davros in Dr…
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- … voyage, to a letter to C. A. Kennard written on 9 January 1882 , only shortly before Darwin’s …
Correspondence with women
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We know of letters to or from around 2000 correspondents, about 100 of whom were women. Using the letter summaries available on this website, the letters can be assigned to rough categories. Included in the count are letters to women in Darwin’s family…
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- … case greatly suffer. (Darwin to C. A. Kennard, 9 January 1882 ) Kennard responded (C. …
Darwin on race and gender
Summary
Darwin’s views on race and gender are intertwined, and mingled also with those of class. In Descent of man, he tried to explain the origin of human races, and many of the differences between the sexes, with a single theory: sexual selection. Sexual…
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- … [1877] Letter to C. A. Kennard, 9 January 1882 Letter from C. A. Kennard, 28 …
4.42 'Punch' Sambourne cartoon 3
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< Back to Introduction Linley Sambourne’s last caricature of Darwin, ‘Man is But a Worm’, was published in Punch’s Almanac for 1882 on 6 December 1881, only four months before Darwin’s death. Like Sambourne’s ‘Punch’s Fancy Portraits. No. 54. Charles…
4.52 'Wasp' caricature
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< Back to Introduction Less than a fortnight after Darwin’s death, an irreverent portrayal of him appeared on the cover of a Californian satirical magazine. The Wasp, based in San Francisco, resembled the better-known New York magazine Puck in its…
3.18 Elliott and Fry photos, c.1869-1871
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< Back to Introduction The leading photographic firm of Elliott and Fry seems to have portrayed Darwin at Down House on several occasions. In November 1869 Darwin told A. B. Meyer, who wanted photographs of both him and Wallace for a German…
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- … the same block was re-used as the frontispiece to the June 1882 issue, which had two obituary …
- … Police News, accompanying a notice of Darwin’s death in 1882. A vignette version of the most …
- … signed by A. Gusman in Le Magasin Pittoresque, c. 1882 (Bridgeman Images), and a painting by …
- … of the Emotions , pp. 434-49, and in vol. 21 (June 1882), as frontispiece, accompanying two …
- … article in a supplement to the same journal (22 April 1882) (DAR 215.22c). It was copied in a …
- … Photographic Studios of Europe (London: Piper and Carter, 1882), pp. 42-5, ‘Messrs Elliott & …
Darwin and Gender Projects by Harvard Students
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Working in collaboration with Professor Sarah Richardson and Dr Myrna Perez, Darwin Correspondence Project staff developed a customised set of 'Darwin and Gender' themed resources for a course on Gender, Sex and Evolution first taught at Harvard…
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- … your private use.” (Letter to Kennard, C.A., 9 Jan 1882 ) In this personal exchange, she finds …
3.16 Oscar Rejlander, photos
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< Back to Introduction Darwin’s plans for the illustration of his book The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals (1872) led him to the Swedish-born painter and photographer, Oscar Gustaf Rejlander. Rejlander gave Darwin the notes that he had…
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4.37 'Mosquito' satire
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< Back to Introduction The Buenos Aires satirical journal Mosquito published this cartoon in May 1882, shortly after Darwin’s death, with the title ‘El Homenage a Darwin en el Teatro Nacional’ (The tribute to Darwin in the National Theatre). A…
Diagrams and drawings in letters
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Over 850 illustrations from the printed volumes of The Correspondence of Charles Darwin have been added to the online transcripts of the letters. The contents include maps, diagrams, drawings, sketches and photographs, covering geological, botanical,…
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- … plants", Collected papers 2: 236–56], 22 February 1882 …
Exercise: Caricatures of Science
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Caricatures provide intriguing insights into both ideals and transgressions of gender. The following six images show caricatured representations of nineteenth-century men and women of science. They provide insight into the boundaries of what was deemed …
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- … width="203"] Caricature of John Lubbock (1882)[/caption] …
4.44 'Puck' cartoon 1
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< Back to Introduction In March 1882, a month before Darwin’s death, an admiring image of him appeared in the American comic journal Puck. It was in a cartoon drawn by Joseph Keppler, Puck’s co-publisher, co-editor and chief cartoonist, titled Reason…
1.7 Ouless replica
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< Back to Introduction Following Darwin’s death in 1882, Walter William Ouless painted a replica of the portrait that had been commissioned from him by the Darwin family in 1875. This replica is signed and dated at lower left ‘W. W. Ouless 1883…
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- … to Introduction Following Darwin’s death in 1882, Walter William Ouless painted a replica …
1.20 Leopold Flameng etching, after Collier
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< Back to Introduction Almost as soon as Collier’s portrait of Darwin was put on display at the Linnean Society in 1882, requests for permission to reproduce it flooded in, from book and print publishers. Collier himself often felt, with some…
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- … of Darwin was put on display at the Linnean Society in 1882, requests for permission to …
4.45 'Puck' cartoon 2
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< Back to Introduction In Reason Against Unreason, a cartoon published shortly before Darwin’s death, the American humorous magazine Puck had celebrated him as the embodiment of ‘Reason’. Now, a month after his death, an imaginative drawing in the…
1.18 John Collier, oil in Linnean
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< Back to Introduction By 1881 it was clear to Darwin’s intimates that he was increasingly frail, and that, as he approached death, he had finally escaped from religious controversy to become a heroic figure, loved and venerated for his achievements…
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- … about to be hung in the rooms of the society’ in April 1882, when his death was announced, and …
- … By the time it was exhibited at the Royal Academy in May 1882, Darwin was already dead. Speaking at …
- … 27 May 1881. Correspondence between Darwin and Collier in 1882, DCP-LETT-13689 and DCP-LETT-13701. …
- … ‘The Royal Academy Banquet’, Times (1 May 1882), p. 7. ‘Fine arts and music. Royal Academy – …
Earthworms
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As with many of Darwin’s research topics, his interest in worms spanned nearly his entire working life. Some of his earliest correspondence about earthworms was written and received in the 1830s, shortly after his return from his Beagle voyage, and his…
Animals, ethics, and the progress of science
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Darwin’s view on the kinship between humans and animals had important ethical implications. In Descent, he argued that some animals exhibited moral behaviour and had evolved mental powers analogous to conscience. He gave examples of cooperation, even…
