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From Susan Darwin   [24] November 1834

Summary

The Langtons will go to Madeira for the winter. E. A. Darwin and the Hensleigh Wedgwoods enjoyed a stay in Cambridge, where they saw Professors Whewell and Sedgwick. Colonel Leighton has died. The King has dismissed the Whig Ministry; Wellington is Premier, and the country is in a strange state.

Author:  Susan Elizabeth Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [24] Nov 1834
Classmark:  DAR 204: 104
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-264

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  • Bibliography OED : The Oxford English dictionary. …
  • … with an introduction, supplement and bibliography of a new English dictionary. Edited by …

From F. W. Hope   15 January 1834

Summary

Acknowledges CD’s letter about alpine entomology of Tierra del Fuego; discusses geographical distribution; urges CD to make a chart of vegetable and geological distribution of insects. Advises him on species to collect and assures him of all assistance in describing his captures on his return.

Tells of founding of Entomological Society, and enrolls CD.

News of J. F. Stephens’ lawsuit and continuation of his Illustrations of British entomology [1827–46]. Praises general state of zoological science in England.

Author:  Frederick William Hope
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  15 Jan 1834
Classmark:  DAR 204: 127
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-235

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  • Bibliography Owen, Richard Startin. 1894. The life of Richard Owen … With the scientific …
  • … George Robert Waterhouse . See the bibliography of Owen’s papers in R.  S.  Owen 1894 , 2: …

To Catherine Darwin   6 April 1834

Summary

Describes Patagonia and its inhabitants.

Writes of his pleasure in geology.

Predicts that Falklands will become an "important halting place". Outlines Beagle’s future itinerary.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Emily Catherine (Catherine) Darwin; Emily Catherine (Catherine) Langton
Date:  6 Apr 1834
Classmark:  DAR 223
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-242

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  • Bibliography BDR : British diplomatic representatives 1789–1852. Edited by S. T. Bindoff, …
  • … with an introduction, supplement and bibliography of a new English dictionary. Edited by …

From J. M. Herbert   [28 March] 1834

Summary

A letter full of news of Cambridge and friends: the BAAS meeting at Cambridge; charges of corruption in the University; the Cambridge petition on behalf of Dissenters.

Author:  John Maurice Herbert
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [28 Mar] 1834
Classmark:  DAR 204: 126
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-240

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  • Bibliography Alum. Oxon. : Alumni Oxonienses: the members of the University of Oxford, …
  • … with an introduction, supplement and bibliography of a new English dictionary. Edited by …

From F. A. Eck   [before 13 October 1834]

Summary

Heights of various places in Chile.

Author:  Frederick Andrew Eck
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [before 13 Oct 1834]
Classmark:  DAR 35: 232
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-256

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  • Bibliography ‘Beagle’ diary : Charles Darwin’s Beagle diary. Edited by Richard Darwin …

To Edward Lumb   30 March 1834

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CD asks the time of shipment and vessel in which the [Megatherium] bones were conveyed.

Patagonia swarms with guanaco, but few other creatures.

Hopes to be able to draw up a tolerable sketch of the geology of the east side of S. America.

Saw Jemmy Button, who is married and will stay in Tierra del Fuego. Mentions Falkland uprising.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Edward Lumb
Date:  30 Mar 1834
Classmark:  Profiles in History (dealers) (2006)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-241

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  • Bibliography BDR : British diplomatic representatives 1789–1852. Edited by S. T. Bindoff, …

From Susan Darwin   12[–28] February 1834

Summary

Writes on CD’s 25th birthday.

Points out "errors in orthography" in his journal.

News of family and friends, visits, and other social events.

Author:  Susan Elizabeth Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  12[–28] Feb 1834
Classmark:  DAR 204: 102
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-237

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  • Bibliography Bagshaw, Samuel. 1851. History, gazetteer, and directory of Shropshire. …

From Caroline Darwin   30 September 1834

Summary

News of family and friends.

Word that William Clift thinks CD’s latest fossils are of much value.

Author:  Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Darwin; Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Wedgwood
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  30 Sept 1834
Classmark:  DAR 204: 81
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-257

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  • Bibliography DNB : Dictionary of national biography. Edited by Leslie Stephen and Sidney …

From Susan Darwin   [23] May 1834

Summary

News of family and friends.

Author:  Susan Elizabeth Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [23] May 1834
Classmark:  DAR 204: 103
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-246

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  • Bibliography Bell, Charles. 1833. The hand: its mechanism and vital endowments as evincing …

From W. D. Fox   1 November 1834

Summary

WDF sends news of his activities and of his family.

Author:  William Darwin Fox
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  1 Nov 1834
Classmark:  DAR 204: 124
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-261

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  • Bibliography Darwin pedigree : Pedigree of the family of Darwin. Compiled by H. Farnham …

From Catherine Darwin   27–30 January 1834

Summary

News of family and friends: W. D. Fox will marry in the spring; private theatricals at Eaton house-party.

Author:  Emily Catherine (Catherine) Darwin; Emily Catherine (Catherine) Langton
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  27–30 Jan 1834
Classmark:  DAR 204: 91
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-236

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  • Bibliography Emma Darwin (1915): Emma Darwin: a century of family letters, 1792–1896. …

From Caroline Darwin   9–28 March [1834]

Summary

They learn from a garbled report in the Times that CD’s specimens have arrived in Cambridge.

William Clift, at Royal College of Surgeons, delighted by CD’s letter about the bones that were sent to Plymouth.

Strange coincidence that Royal College of Surgeons has the front portion and CD has sent home the remainder of a skull, of which a drawing can now be completed.

Other news of family and friends.

Author:  Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Darwin; Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Wedgwood
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  9 & 28 Mar [1834]
Classmark:  DAR 204: 80
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-239

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  • Bibliography Alum. Oxon. : Alumni Oxonienses: the members of the University of Oxford, …

To Caroline Darwin   13 October 1834

Summary

Became ill two weeks before on his return from Santiago after an interesting trip and some geology – though snow kept him out of the Andes. FitzRoy has had to sell the schooner; he was discouraged by the Admiralty, and the expense was too much for him to bear personally.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Darwin; Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Wedgwood
Date:  13 Oct 1834
Classmark:  DAR 223
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-259

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  • Bibliography ‘Beagle’ diary : Charles Darwin’s Beagle diary. Edited by Richard Darwin …

From William Owen Sr   10 April – 1 May 1834

Summary

Writes a cordial letter with family and local news. Hopes CD will see his two sons in India.

P.S. by Catherine Darwin says no letter was written this month as all is well at home.

Author:  William Mostyn Owen
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  10 Apr – 1 May 1834
Classmark:  DAR 204: 129
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-243

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  • Bibliography Partridge, Eric Honeywood. 1973. The Routledge dictionary of historical …

To Robert FitzRoy   [28 August 1834]

Summary

Recounts his trip [from Valparaiso] to Santiago. His meeting with Claude Gay, Thomas Sutcliffe, and others. Geology of tour uninteresting.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Robert FitzRoy
Date:  [28 Aug 1834]
Classmark:  DAR 144: 115
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-254

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  • Bibliography Miers, John. 1826. Travels in Chile and La Plata, including accounts …

From Thomas Sutcliffe   [28 August – 5 September 1834]

Summary

Gives a map of part of Chile between Santiago and San Fernando. Suggests places and people that CD might profitably visit [en route].

Author:  Thomas Sutcliffe
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [28 Aug – 5 Sept 1834]
Classmark:  DAR 35: 405
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-255

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  • Bibliography ‘Beagle’ diary : Charles Darwin’s Beagle diary. Edited by Richard Darwin …

From J. S. Henslow   22 July 1834

Summary

CD’s cargo is safe; the fossils have been sent to William Clift.

JSH asks for dried plants (those sent were all of greatest interest).

Sends news of Cambridge and mutual friends.

Author:  John Stevens Henslow
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  22 July 1834
Classmark:  DAR 204: 125
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-249

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  • Bibliography Darwin and Henslow : Darwin and Henslow: the growth of an idea. Letters 1831– …

From Edward Lumb to J. S. Henslow   2 May 1834

Summary

On CD’s instructions EL has forwarded a case containing part of the head of [Megatherium].

Author:  Edward Lumb
Addressee:  John Stevens Henslow
Date:  2 May 1834
Classmark:  Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-244

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  • Bibliography Fossil Mammalia : Pt 1 of The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle … during …

To J. S. Henslow   March 1834

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On fossils ([Megatherium], etc.), plants, shells sent and new ones found; geological observations. Asks for help in understanding cleavage and planes of deposition.

A new species of ostrich. Cites differences in size, colour, nidification, and geographical distribution.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  John Stevens Henslow
Date:  Mar 1834
Classmark:  Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Henslow letters: 21 DAR/1/1/21)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-238

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  • Bibliography ‘Beagle’ diary : Charles Darwin’s Beagle diary. Edited by Richard Darwin …

To Catherine Darwin   20–9 July 1834

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In the past six months he has done much geology and natural history. His geological pursuits are a source of high pleasure. Has lately determined to work chiefly on corals.

Spent three weeks going up the Santa Cruz with a party; they ran out of provisions 20 miles from the Cordilleras. Winter at present prevents his doing much natural history.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Emily Catherine (Catherine) Darwin; Emily Catherine (Catherine) Langton
Date:  20–9 July 1834
Classmark:  DAR 223
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-248

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  • Bibliography FitzRoy, Robert. 1837. Extracts from the diary of an attempt to ascend the …
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Bibliography of Darwin’s geological publications

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This list includes papers read by Darwin to the Geological Society of London, his books on the geology of the Beagle voyage, and other publications on geological topics.  Author-date citations refer to entries in the Darwin Correspondence Project’s…

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  • … entries in the Darwin Correspondence Project’s cumulative bibliography.  Where appropriate, …
  • … 2009).  ‘F’ numbers refer to R. B. Freeman’s standard bibliography of Darwin’s works. …
  • … Cornell University Press. (See also Herbert’s exhaustive bibliography.) Rhodes, Frank H. T. …

Full notes on editorial policy

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The first and chief objective of this edition is to provide complete and authoritative texts of Darwin’s correspondence. For every letter to or from Darwin, the text that is available to the editors is always given in full. The editors have occasionally…

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  • … of manuscripts: the record of variants ’,  Studies in Bibliography  29 (1976): 212–64. This …
  • … ‘ The editing of historical documents ’,  Studies in Bibliography  31 (1978): 1–56. The editors …
  • … all books and papers referred to are given in the online  Bibliography . References to archival …

The Lyell–Lubbock dispute

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In May 1865 a dispute arose between John Lubbock and Charles Lyell when Lubbock, in his book Prehistoric times, accused Lyell of plagiarism. The dispute caused great dismay among many of their mutual scientific friends, some of whom took immediate action…

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  • … D. Hooker, [31 May 1865] and n. 8. last    Bibliography Bartholomew, Michael …

4.24 'Daily Graphic', Nast satire

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< Back to Introduction In 1874 the Harvard philosopher John Fiske published his magnum opus, Outlines of Cosmic Philosophy, in which he set out to explain the far-reaching significance of Darwin’s and Herbert Spencer’s evolutionary theories. He…

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  • … engraving from a drawing by Nast 
 references and bibliography The Daily Graphic 5: …

4.16 Joseph Simms, physiognomy

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< Back to Introduction In September 1874, the American doctor Joseph Simms, then on a three-year lecture tour of Britain, sent Darwin a copy of his book, Nature’s Revelations of Character; Or, Physiognomy Illustrated. He was seeking a public…

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  • … and material wood engraving 
 references and bibliography James Paget, ‘Physiognomy of …

4.21 Gegeef, 'Our National Church', 1

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< Back to Introduction A print with the ironic title Our National Church: The Aegis of Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity was issued by the London publisher Edmund Appleyard in c.1872-3, and sold at a penny. The artist who drew it signed himself …

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  • … typographic text 
 references and bibliography Warren R. Dawson, The Huxley …

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…

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  • … medium and material lithograph 
 references and bibliography Mosquito , year XIX, no. …

4.49 Alfred Bryan, caricature

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< Back to Introduction Among the portrayals of Darwin reproduced in Bridgeman Images is a caricature titled Natural History Repeating Itself, from an unnamed private collection. It is initialled by ‘A.B.’, i.e. Alfred Bryan, who worked as an…

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  • … from a pen and ink drawing 
 references and bibliography Interview with Bryan in ‘How …

4.36 Sem, Chistmas card

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< Back to Introduction An unattributed watercolour drawing of Darwin shows him dapperly dressed in a tail coat, but walking on all fours like an animal, his lean figure bent over in an arch and filling the space. It is inscribed ‘With Compliments of…

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  • … drawing in mount 
 references and bibliography
  • … , accessed March 2020. See also the bibliography for Sem’s caricature of Darwin in Queen Alexandra …

4.39 'Moonshine' magazine cartoon

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< Back to Introduction Moonshine, the self-styled ‘Best Topical Comic Paper’ published in London, featured Darwin in its series of ‘Days with Celebrities’ in 1881. The idea of the series was to picture the private lives of famous contemporaries.…

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  • … and material wood engraving 
 references and bibliography ‘Days with Celebrities (19) Mr …

4.32 Anis liqueur label

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< Back to Introduction Many late-nineteenth-century cartoons played on the popular association of Darwin with theories about humans’ simian ancestry: theories that challenged traditional religious beliefs. However, it is surprising to find an…

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  • … and material chromolithography 
 references and bibliography Juan Antonio Delgado and …
  • … Science and Education 20 (2011), pp. 141-157, with a full bibliography of earlier relevant …

4.2 Augustus Earle, caricature drawing

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< Back to Introduction The paucity of evidence for Darwin’s appearance and general demeanour during the years of the Beagle voyage gives this humorous drawing of shipboard life a special interest. It is convincingly attributed to Augustus Earle, an…

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  • … watercolour and ink on paper 
 references and bibliography Henrietta Litchfield’s …

Darwin’s student booklist

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In October 1825 Charles Darwin and his older brother, Erasmus, went to study medicine in Edinburgh, where their father, Robert Waring Darwin, had trained as a doctor in the 1780’s. Erasmus had already graduated from Cambridge and was continuing his studies…

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  • … 20 Smith 1826. 21 Clarke 1810–23. Bibliography Abernethy, John. 1819a.  …
  • … Johnson. Desmond, Adrian, and Sarah Parker. 2006. The bibliography of Robert Edmond Grant …

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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  • … prints and Woodburytypes etc. 
 references and bibliography letters from Darwin to A.B. …

4.48 'Puck', cartoon 5

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< Back to Introduction Following on from Reason Against Unreason and The Sun of the Nineteenth Century, another cartoon in the American humorous magazine Puck depicted Darwin as the epitome of philosophical enlightenment. The Universal Church of the…

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  • … and material chromolithography 
 references and bibliography Puck 12:305 (10 Jan. …

4.47 'Puck' cartoon 4

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< Back to Introduction Following on from Reason Against Unreason and The Sun of the Nineteenth Century, another cartoon in the American humorous magazine Puck depicted Darwin as the epitome of philosophical enlightenment. The Universal Church of the…

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  • … and material chromolithography 
 references and bibliography Puck 12:305 (10 Jan. …

4.59 'Simplicissimus' cartoon

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< Back to Introduction In 1909 the German satirical magazine Simplicissimus celebrated the centenary of Darwin’s birth with a whimsical cartoon by its resident artist Thomas Theodor Heine, titled ‘Zu Darwins hundertstem Geburtstag’ (‘On Darwin’s…

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  • … material colour lithography 
 references and bibliography Simplicissimus 46 (15 Feb. …

4.31 'La Lune Rousse', Gill cartoon

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< Back to Introduction A drawing of Darwin by André Gill borrows a satirical trope found in The Hornet, Fun and Punch, showing him with a large caricatured head joined to the body of an ape. However, La Lune Rousse is distinctively French in…

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  • … right, ‘Yves & Barret sc.’ 
 references and bibliography La Lune Rousse , 2:89 (18 …

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…

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  • … from Sambourne’s drawing 
 references and bibliography Punch’s Almanac for 1882 , …

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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  • … albumen photographic prints 
 references and bibliography O.G. Rejlander, An Apology for …
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