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A collection of five contemporary and posthumous portraits of Charles Darwin. [c.1870-1905].
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DARWIN, Charles Robert (1809-1882) – Carlo PELLEGRINI (known as 'Ape', 1839-1889), and others.
A collection of five contemporary and posthumous portraits of Charles Darwin. [c.1870-1905].
An interesting collection of portraits of the most famous scientist of the 19th century, reflecting the age when 'celebrity culture' started to take off. 'The most well-known [caricature of Darwin] ... was probably the Vanity Fair chromolithograph, published ... six months after the release of The Descent of Man. This ... was thought by Darwin's relatives accurately to portray his elongated figure and characteristic posture' (Janet Browne, Charles Darwin II, p.376).
PELLEGRINI, Carlo. 'Natural Selection.' From: Vanity Fair, series 'Men of the Day, No. 33', 30 September 1871. Small folio (365 x 245mm), chromolithograph, the accompanying text cut out and pasted to verso of portrait (a few tiny spots to extreme margins). [With:] – JEENS, C.H. Steel engraved portrait taken from the photograph by O.G. Rejlander. London: Macmillan, 1874. Quarto (280 x 200mm). With caption stating 'Presented to the subscribers to Nature No.240 June 4th 1874'. This image was also used as the frontispiece to 'Charles Darwin Memorial Notices' (faint scattered spotting, two tiny nicks to right-hand edge). [With:] – COOK, C. Steel engraved portrait taken from a photograph by Elliott & Fry. London: William Mackenzie, [n.d.]. Quarto (268 x 183mm). [With:] – COLLIER, J. Cigarette card reproducing Collier's portrait of Darwin at the National Portrait Gallery. No. 13 in a series of 25. London: Nicolas Sarony & Co., [n.d.]. (71 x 43mm). [With:] – Wood engraved portrait taken from a photograph by Elliott & Fry, single leaf extracted from: The Life and Times of Queen Victoria. [London: c.1901]. Quarto (255 x 173mm). [And:] – [BARRAUD, Herbert Rose, photographer]. Photographic cigarette card. [Malta:] Cousis Cigarettes, [n.d., but c.1905]. (50 x 30mm). This image is one of Darwin's last recorded studio sittings, at the end of November 1881, several months prior to his death in April 1882.
A collection of five contemporary and posthumous portraits of Charles Darwin. [c.1870-1905].
An interesting collection of portraits of the most famous scientist of the 19th century, reflecting the age when 'celebrity culture' started to take off. 'The most well-known [caricature of Darwin] ... was probably the Vanity Fair chromolithograph, published ... six months after the release of The Descent of Man. This ... was thought by Darwin's relatives accurately to portray his elongated figure and characteristic posture' (Janet Browne, Charles Darwin II, p.376).
PELLEGRINI, Carlo. 'Natural Selection.' From: Vanity Fair, series 'Men of the Day, No. 33', 30 September 1871. Small folio (365 x 245mm), chromolithograph, the accompanying text cut out and pasted to verso of portrait (a few tiny spots to extreme margins). [With:] – JEENS, C.H. Steel engraved portrait taken from the photograph by O.G. Rejlander. London: Macmillan, 1874. Quarto (280 x 200mm). With caption stating 'Presented to the subscribers to Nature No.240 June 4th 1874'. This image was also used as the frontispiece to 'Charles Darwin Memorial Notices' (faint scattered spotting, two tiny nicks to right-hand edge). [With:] – COOK, C. Steel engraved portrait taken from a photograph by Elliott & Fry. London: William Mackenzie, [n.d.]. Quarto (268 x 183mm). [With:] – COLLIER, J. Cigarette card reproducing Collier's portrait of Darwin at the National Portrait Gallery. No. 13 in a series of 25. London: Nicolas Sarony & Co., [n.d.]. (71 x 43mm). [With:] – Wood engraved portrait taken from a photograph by Elliott & Fry, single leaf extracted from: The Life and Times of Queen Victoria. [London: c.1901]. Quarto (255 x 173mm). [And:] – [BARRAUD, Herbert Rose, photographer]. Photographic cigarette card. [Malta:] Cousis Cigarettes, [n.d., but c.1905]. (50 x 30mm). This image is one of Darwin's last recorded studio sittings, at the end of November 1881, several months prior to his death in April 1882.
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