Charles Darwin

Signed Letter 1876

Dear Sir, "I am very much obliged for the photographs. I think you are very unjust towards them, as they seem to me to show in a quite admirable manner the different expression[s] of a child, whilst hearing a melancholy & an amusing story."

With--Two carte-de-visite photographs, half-length portraits by H.G. Smith, each showing an unidentified toddler looking into the camera wearing an expression of delight or worry. One with notes written on verso describing "Pleasure at hearing . . . [much of rest illegible]," in pencil, in unknown hand. Each 4x2½ inches overall; remnants of mounting overall verso, one with minor staining at edge recto.

Darwin's  The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals was published in 1872.

Charles Darwin 1809 - 1882

Seraphin Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

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