RECORD: Darwin, Erasmus. n.d. Photograph of pastel drawing of Erasmus Darwin. CUL-DAR225.104-105. (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.
Pastel chalk drawing of Erasmus Darwin by Ellen Sharples (1769-1849), (33.7x37.5.1cm). Darwin Heirlooms Trust. On display at Down House with three others of the Darwin family. John van Wyhe, Darwin: A Companion, 2021.
[104]
[photograph of 1816 drawing of Erasmus Darwin]
[104v]
Erasmus (brother of Charles) Darwin c. 1820, age 16
Taken from a small pastel, at one time at Leith Hill Place. In 1959 to be found in Newnham Grange. Now most likely with George Pember Darwin
P.J. Gautrey
(January 1977)
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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