Charles Darwin (1809-1882), Naturalist, geologist and originator of the theory of evolution
Charles Robert Darwin
Sitter in 30 portraits
Naturalist who formulated the theory of evolution by natural selection; the result of years of research, his On the Origin of Species (1859) made a meticulous survey of life-forms and the conditions which governed their development; wrote other important works on botany, zoology, geology, and evolution.
by Maull & Polyblank
albumen print, arched top, circa 1855
NPG P106(7)
by Julia Margaret Cameron
albumen print, 1868
NPG P8
by Marion Collier (née Huxley)
pencil, 1878
NPG 3144
copy by John Collier
oil on canvas, 1883 (1881)
On display in Room 27 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 1024
by Horace Montford
terracotta bust, after 1882
NPG 1395
by Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, 1st Bt
terracotta bust, 1883
On display in Room 21 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 761
by Walker & Boutall, after Maull & Fox
photogravure, (circa 1854)
NPG x5930
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company, after Ernest Edwards
albumen carte-de-visite, 1865-1866
NPG Ax17797
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company, after Ernest Edwards
albumen carte-de-visite, 1865-1866
NPG x5935
by Ernest Edwards
albumen carte-de-visite, 1865-1866
NPG x134603
by Ernest Edwards
albumen print, 1865-1866
NPG x1500
by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, 1874
NPG Ax18207
by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, 1874
NPG x5934
by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, 1874
NPG x5933
by Unknown artist, published by Hughes & Edmonds
albumen print, published 1876
NPG Ax132900
by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, late 1870s
NPG Ax46279
by Lock & Whitfield
sepia carbon cabinet card, 1877
NPG x5939
by Herbert Rose Barraud
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1881
NPG x5936
by Elliott & Fry
albumen cabinet card, 29 November 1881
NPG x5937
Darwin
Related People
Frances Cornford (née Darwin) (granddaughter)
Bernard Darwin (grandson)
Sir Charles Galton Darwin (grandson)
Emma Darwin (née Wedgwood) (wife)
Erasmus Darwin (grandfather)
Sir Francis Darwin (son)
Sir George Howard Darwin (son)
Gwendolen ('Gwen') Raverat (née Darwin) (granddaughter)
Ernest Hensleigh Wedgwood (nephew)
Links
Down House, Kent
Natural History Museum, London
Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences, Cambridge
The House of Charles Darwin, Downe, Kent
University Herbarium, Cambridge
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