Portrait of Charles Darwin
Date
1868
Sitter
Charles Robert Darwin (1809 - 1882, British) , Naturalist
Creator
Julia Margaret Cameron (1815, British) , Photographer
Object type
Library reference
IM/001057
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (paper support): 290mm
width (paper support): 240mm
width (paper support): 240mm
Subject
Description
Half-length portrait of Charles Darwin in left profile, shown with full bread and wearing white shirt, patterned necktie, and overcoat.
Inscribed in Darwin’s hand on paper support "I like this photograph very much better than any other which has been taken of me". Further inscription directly below the print ‘From life [?] copy [?] Julia Margaret Cameron, 1868’ and below ‘Given to R Liebreich by Mm. Cameron with her kindest remembrances’.
Charles Darwin was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1839, he was on the council from 1854-1856. He was awarded the Royal Medal in 1853 and the Copley Medal in 1864.
Inscribed in Darwin’s hand on paper support "I like this photograph very much better than any other which has been taken of me". Further inscription directly below the print ‘From life [?] copy [?] Julia Margaret Cameron, 1868’ and below ‘Given to R Liebreich by Mm. Cameron with her kindest remembrances’.
Charles Darwin was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1839, he was on the council from 1854-1856. He was awarded the Royal Medal in 1853 and the Copley Medal in 1864.
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