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CHARLES DARWIN (1809-1882)
Fine cabinet photograph signed ('C. Darwin') by Elliott & Fry, London, n.d. [1881], of Darwin in old age on the verandah of Down House, half-length, looking to the left, albumen print, 165 x 109mm (slight spotting). [together with]:John Stevens Henslow (1796-1861). A fine photograph signed and dated ('J.S. Henslow June 1860') of Henslow seated by a table, looking to the right, albumen print, approximately 138 x 85mm (light soiling).
The photograph of Darwin is the one used on the frontispiece of Volume III of The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, ed. Francis Darwin (1887). Henslow was Professor of Botany at Cambridge when Darwin was an undergraduate; Darwin frequented his company to such an extent that he became known as 'the man who walks with Henslow'. It was Henslow who recommended Darwin as naturalist for the Beagle, and took charge of all the specimens sent back to England during the five years of the voyage. (2)
Fine cabinet photograph signed ('C. Darwin') by Elliott & Fry, London, n.d. [1881], of Darwin in old age on the verandah of Down House, half-length, looking to the left, albumen print, 165 x 109mm (slight spotting). [together with]:John Stevens Henslow (1796-1861). A fine photograph signed and dated ('J.S. Henslow June 1860') of Henslow seated by a table, looking to the right, albumen print, approximately 138 x 85mm (light soiling).
The photograph of Darwin is the one used on the frontispiece of Volume III of The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, ed. Francis Darwin (1887). Henslow was Professor of Botany at Cambridge when Darwin was an undergraduate; Darwin frequented his company to such an extent that he became known as 'the man who walks with Henslow'. It was Henslow who recommended Darwin as naturalist for the Beagle, and took charge of all the specimens sent back to England during the five years of the voyage. (2)
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Please note that the photograph of Darwin has been withdrawn. The lot now consists of the photograph of Henslow, with a revised estimate of 300-500.