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From W. B. Tegetmeier to John Murray and Robert Francis Cooke   17 April 1865

Summary

CD has asked him to supervise drawings of pigeons and fowls [for Variation]. Sends estimates for drawings and engravings by artists who do such work for the Field.

Author:  William Bernhard Tegetmeier
Addressee:  John Murray; Robert Francis Cooke
Date:  17 Apr 1865
Classmark:  National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms.42152 ff. 136–138)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-4815

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  • … Tegetmeier, W. B. Murray, John (b) Cooke, R. F. …
  • … From W.  B.  Tegetmeier to John Murray and Robert Francis Cooke   17 April 1865 …

From R. F. Cooke to W. B. Tegetmeier   18 April 1865

Summary

Concerning an illustration for CD’s book.

Author:  Robert Francis Cooke
Addressee:  William Bernhard Tegetmeier
Date:  18 Apr 1865
Classmark:  DAR 148: 1
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-4815F

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  • … See letter from W.  B.  Tegetmeier to John Murray and R.  F.  Cooke, …
  • … 17 April 1865. Luke Wells. John Murray . See letter from W.  B.  Tegetmeier to John Murray …

To W. B. Tegetmeier   28 March [1865]

Summary

Arrangements for woodcuts for Variation.

WBT’s excellent article on crossing.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Bernhard Tegetmeier
Date:  28 Mar [1865]
Classmark:  Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-4798

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  • … see letter from W.  B.  Tegetmeier, 27 March 1865 ). John Murray was CD’s publisher. …
  • John Murray, 31 March [1865] . Tegetmeier had offered to lend CD the engraved wood blocks from which the pigeon illustrations recently published in the Field had been taken (see letter from W.  B.   …

From W. B. Tegetmeier   10 April 1865

Summary

MS [of CD’s pigeon chapter] arrived safely.

Pigeon and poultry engravings [for Variation].

Author:  William Bernhard Tegetmeier
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  10 Apr 1865
Classmark:  DAR 178: 67
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-4808

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  • … send an estimate of the cost of the engravings to John Murray . See letter from W.  B.   …
  • John Murray and R.  F.  Cooke, 17 April 1865. William Yarrell had helped CD buy equipment for the Beagle voyage, and later assisted him with his pigeon work, advising him about breeds and providing introductions to dealers and breeders (for Yarrell’s correspondence with CD, see Correspondence vols.  1–5). Yarrell introduced CD to Tegetmeier in 1855 (see Correspondence vol.  5, letter to W.  B.   …

To W. B. Tegetmeier   6 April [1865]

Summary

Instructions for Luke Wells about woodcuts for Variation.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Bernhard Tegetmeier
Date:  6 Apr [1865]
Classmark:  Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-4804

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  • … to W.  B.  Tegetmeier, 14 March [1865] and [7 April 1865] . See letter to John Murray, 4  …
  • John Murray, 1 April 1865 . The note has not been found. Luke Wells was the artist recommended by Tegetmeier to prepare the pigeon illustrations for Variation (see letter to W.  B.   …
  • John Murray, 1 April 1865 . CD refers to Wells’s illustration of the barb pigeon in the Field , 18 February 1865. Tegetmeier sent CD a packet containing this and four other issues of the Field with his letter of 27 March 1865 (see letter from W.  B.   …

To W. B. Tegetmeier   14 March [1865]

Summary

Asks for WBT’s help in arranging for woodcuts to illustrate pigeon chapters of Variation.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Bernhard Tegetmeier
Date:  14 Mar [1865]
Classmark:  Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-4786

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  • B.  Tegetmeier  28 March [1865] , 6 April [1865] , and [7 April 1865] , and letter to John Murray, …

To W. B. Tegetmeier   [7 April 1865]

Summary

Fowl MS has arrived safely.

Sends pigeon MS for WBT’s perusal.

Further instructions for Luke Wells.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Bernhard Tegetmeier
Date:  [7 Apr 1865]
Classmark:  Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-4806

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  • B. Tegetmeier. London: Witherby & Co. Variation : The variation of animals and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. …