RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [1873-1874]. Photo of Russian Parent & child. CUL-DAR271.6a.4.1. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 7.2023. 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. The volume CUL-DAR271 contains juvenilia and Darwin family letters, c.1818-1959.
Darwin cited this in Descent 2d ed., p. 19, n 41: "Prof. Alex. Brandt has recently sent me an additional case of a father and son, born in Russia, with these peculiarities. I have received drawings of both from Paris." Alexander von Brandt (1844-1932) was a Russian zoologist and palaeontologist. See Darwin to C. S. Tomes, 16 February [1874], Correspondence vol. 22.
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Photo of Russian Parent & child both Hairy like 1 to five case.
Very curious as occurring in cold Russia & Siam.
In both cases inter transmitted, in both corelated with [deficient] te increase
Correlation
[in hand of an archivist:]
Two letters from Hooker
Two [do] [do] Alfred Wallace
One [do] Samuel Butler
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[back of the envelope]
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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