RECORD: [Farrer (Katherine) Euphemia `Effie'] & Darwin, C. R. [1865-1871]. glass photographic plate, in wrapper marked "Best for Expression". CUL-DAR142.31. (Cite as: John van Wyhe ed., 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed and edited by John van Wyhe 3.2026. RN1
NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin.
This is the same woman whose brow was used in Expression, Plate II, fig. 3: "These peculiar furrows are best represented in fig. 3, Plate II., on the forehead of a young lady who has the power in an unusual degree of voluntarily acting on the requisite muscles. As she was absorbed in the attempt, whilst being photographed, her expression was not at all one of grief; I have therefore given the forehead alone." Prints of this in are in CUL-DAR142.29-30.
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Best for Expression
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[photograph of a woman with wrinkled brow]
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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