| Ref No | WP/17/13 |
| Alt Ref No | WP17/13 |
| Title | Photos of Darwin Statue |
| Description | 1. Undated sepia photograph approximately 15 cm x 10.5 cm showing a profile view of a [white marble] statue of Charles Darwin [in the Museum of Oxford], bearded, bareheaded, wearing a cloak, looking slightly downward, standing with feet and hands crossed; above a [marine] animal skeleton, on a plinth attached to the supporting column of an arch.
2. Undated sepia photograph approximately 15 cm x 10.5 cm showing a front view of a [white marble] statue of Charles Darwin [in the Museum of Oxford], bearded, bareheaded, wearing a cloak, looking slightly downward, standing with feet and hands crossed; above a [marine] animal skeleton, on a plinth attached to the supporting column of an arch.
3. Small folder made from blue-green letter paper labelled [in Alfred Russel Wallace's or William Greenell Wallace'S hand] (or both) on one side 'Photos Darwins Statue Stillmans House &c' and on the other 'Darwins Statue, The Museum - Oxford -'; when listed it enclosed the 2 photos of a statue of Charles Darwin above, a photograph of W J Stillman, and other unrelated photos, print and Ms, (Old refs WP3/53-62) which have been relocated.
Notes: Dates based on a letter from Alfred Russel Wallace to Violet, 1896 (WP1/2/77) and note of reminiscences of J D Hooker, Nature, 22 Jun 1899, at http://pages.britishlibrary.net/charles.darwin/texts/more_letters/mletters1_02.html
Names: Darwin, Charles Robert, 1809-1882 |
| Date | [1897-1899] |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| Held By | NHM General Library |
| Extent | 3 |
| Level | File |
Show related Persons records.
Persons
| Code | PersonName | Dates | Source |
| PX5528 | Stillman; W J (-1898); Journalist and amateur artist | -1898 | www.geometry.net/artists/stillman_marie_spartali.php
http://www.artmagick.com/artists/stillman.aspx
http://www.concordnet.org/library/scollect/Emerson_Celebration/Em_Con_80.html |