RECORD: Wood, P. W. 1909.04.08. Letter to A. C. Seward. McGill-CA-OSLER0-P110[.46]. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 8.2023. RN1
NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Osler Library of the History of Medicine, McGill University. See the Introduction and catalogue to the J.C. Simpson collection by John van Wyhe.
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[in Shipley's hand:] acted A.C.S. April 19
53 TWYFORD AVENUE, ACTON, W.
8 April 1909
Prof. A. C. Seward, Self
Mr Darwin Celebration Committee, Cambridge
Dear Sir,
Referring to the Exhibition, which I understand will form part of the Celebration in June, I have a
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small collection of Darwiniana of which I enclose a list, & shall be very pleased to lend anything that your Committee may think of sufficient interest.
I am, Dear Sir,
Yours faithfully
P. W. Wood
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List of Darwiniana
Portrait of Charles Darwin
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Darwin's Birth Place at Shrewsbury Darwin's monument at Shrewsbury
Darwin's study at Down.
Photograph of the late Thomas Woolner's bronze statuette of "Puck."
3 Photographs of an example of fawn-like pointed ears occurring in man
Photograph of "La Fatalite." |
Artist's proof of etching by Léopold Flamming after the painting by the Hon. John Collier in the possession of the Linnean Society.
Cartoon from 'Vanity Fair'' 30 Sept. 1871.
Enlargement from negative by P.H. Wood do. do. do.
Artist's proof of etching by A. H. Haig.
see 'Descent of man," Vol. 1, page 21, with illustration of ear
A bronze statue at the Luxembourg, Pairs, by the Late Ernest Christophe. It was the outcome of Christophe's study of Darwin's works & embodies the idea of natural selection. 1. |
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"Pithecanthropus Erectus" |
Photograph from the painting by Gabriel Max. |
Portraits of some Post-Darwinian Evolutionists.
Democritus 450 B.C.
Le Comte de Buffon, 1707-1788
Erasmus Darwin, M.D., F.R.S. 1731-1802
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Lamarck. 1744-1829
Goethe, 1749-1832
Geffroy St. Hilaire, 1772-1844
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Black basalt bust by Wedgwood.
Engraved by Hubert after a drawing by Borrieu from the bust by Houdon.
Mezzotint by B. Pym after painting by S. J. Arnold.
Wedgwood medallion modelled by Flaxman after the portrait by Wright of Derby.
Lithograph by Langlumé after drawing by Alexis Noel, 1823.
Engraved portrait with facsimile signature & date 24 May 1824.
Engrave portrait by Amboise Jadien.
Bronze medallion by David d' Angers, 1830. 2. |
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Portraits of some Post-Darwinian Evolutionists.
Alfred Russel Wallace. Thomas H. Huxley Herbert Spencer Ernst Haeckel
53, Twyford Avenue, Acton, W. 8 April 1909 |
Photograph by London Stereoscopic C. Artist's proof of lithograph by Prof. A. Legros. Artist's proof of engraving after Sir Hubert Von Herkomer R. A. Large carbon photograph.
P. W. Wood
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