Charles Darwin
(1809-1882), Naturalist, geologist and originator of the theory of evolutionCharles Robert Darwin
Sitter in 35 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 the philosophy of evolution.
by Maull & Polyblank
albumen print, arched top, circa 1855
NPG P106(7)
by Julia Margaret Cameron
albumen print, 1868-1869
NPG P8
by Marian Collier (née Huxley)
pencil, 1878
NPG 3144
by Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, 1st Bt
terracotta bust, 1883
NPG 761
by Horace Montford
terracotta bust, circa 1898-1904
NPG 1395
by Harry Furniss
pen and ink
NPG 6251(16)
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 Julia Margaret Cameron, published by T. Fisher Unwin
photogravure, published 1893 (1868)
NPG Ax29139
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
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 Lock & Whitfield, published by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington
woodburytype, published 1878
NPG Ax17583
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)
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john Andrewartha
07 March 2019, 06:18
Charles Robert Darwin (1809-1882), Naturalist, geologist and originator of the theory of evolution
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