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catalogue overview</a></li> 333<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3676"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/11-ellen-sharples-pastel">1.1 Ellen Sharples pastel</a></li> 334<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3709"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/12-george-richmond-marriage-portrait">1.2 George Richmond, marriage portrait</a></li> 335<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3718"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/13-thomas-herbert-maguire-lithograph">1.3 Thomas Herbert Maguire, lithograph</a></li> 336<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3721"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/14-samuel-laurence-drawing-1">1.4 Samuel Laurence drawing 1</a></li> 337<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3724"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/15-samuel-laurence-drawing-2">1.5 Samuel Laurence drawing 2</a></li> 338<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3727"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/16-ouless-oil-portrait">1.6 Ouless oil portrait</a></li> 339<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3730"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/17-ouless-replica">1.7 Ouless replica</a></li> 340<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3733"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/18-anonymous-drawing-after-ouless">1.8 anonymous drawing, after Ouless</a></li> 341<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3736"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/19-rajon-etching-after-ouless">1.9 Rajon, etching after Ouless</a></li> 342<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3679"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/110-rajon-etching-variant-state">1.10 Rajon etching, variant state</a></li> 343<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3682"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/111-laura-russell-oil">1.11 Laura Russell, oil</a></li> 344<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3685"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/112-marian-huxley-drawing">1.12 Marian Huxley, drawing</a></li> 345<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3688"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/113-louisa-nash-drawing">1.13 Louisa Nash, drawing</a></li> 346<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3691"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/114-william-richmond-oil">1.14 William Richmond, oil</a></li> 347<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3694"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/115-albert-goodwin-watercolour">1.15 Albert Goodwin, watercolour</a></li> 348<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3697"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/116-alphonse-legros-drypoint">1.16 Alphonse Legros, drypoint</a></li> 349<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3700"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/117-alphonse-legros-drawing">1.17 Alphonse Legros drawing</a></li> 350<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3703"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/118-john-collier-oil-linnean">1.18 John Collier, oil in Linnean</a></li> 351<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3706"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/119-john-collier-oil-npg">1.19 John Collier, oil in NPG</a></li> 352<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3712"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/120-leopold-flameng-etching-after-collier">1.20 Leopold Flameng etching, after Collier</a></li> 353<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3715"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/121-window-christs-college-cambridge">1.21 window at Christ's College Cambridge</a></li> 354<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3739"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/21-thomas-woolner-bust">2.1 Thomas Woolner bust</a></li> 355<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3772"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/22-thomas-woolner-metal-plaque">2.2 Thomas Woolner metal 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medallion</a></li> 362<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3820"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/29-legros-medallion-
362plaster-model">2.9 Legros medallion, plaster model</a></li> 363<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3742"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/210-moritz-klinkicht-print-legros">2.10 Moritz Klinkicht, print from Legros</a></li> 364<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3745"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/211-christian-lehr-plaster-bust">2.11 Christian Lehr, plaster bust</a></li> 365<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3748"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/212-allan-wyon-royal-society-medal">2.12 Allan Wyon, Royal Society medal</a></li> 366<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3751"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/213-edgar-boehm-statue-nhm">2.13 Edgar Boehm, statue in the NHM</a></li> 367<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3754"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/214-boehm-westminster-abbey-roundel">2.14 Boehm, Westminster Abbey roundel</a></li> 368<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3757"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/215-boehm-terracotta-bust-npg">2.15 Boehm terracotta bust (NPG)</a></li> 369<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3760"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/216-horace-montford-statue-shrewsbury">2.16 Horace Montford statue, Shrewsbury</a></li> 370<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3763"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/217-montford-statuette">2.17 Montford, statuette</a></li> 371<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3766"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/218-montford-carnegie-bust">2.18 Montford, Carnegie bust</a></li> 372<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3769"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/219-montford-bust-royal-society">2.19 Montford, bust at the Royal Society</a></li> 373<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3775"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/220-montford-terracotta-bust-npg">2.20 Montford, terracotta bust, NPG</a></li> 374<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3778"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/221-montford-relief-christs-college">2.21 Montford, relief at Christ's College</a></li> 375<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3781"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/222-l-j-chavalliaud-statue-liverpool">2.22 L.-J. Chavalliaud statue in Liverpool</a></li> 376<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3784"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/223-hope-pinker-statue-oxford-museum">2.23 Hope Pinker statue, Oxford Museum</a></li> 377<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3787"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/224-herbert-hampton-statue-lancaster">2.24 Herbert Hampton statue, Lancaster</a></li> 378<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3790"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/225-henry-pegram-statue-birmingham">2.25 Henry Pegram statue, Birmingham</a></li> 379<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3793"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/226-linnean-society-medal">2.26 Linnean Society medal</a></li> 380<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3796"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/227-william-couper-bust-new-york">2.27 William Couper bust, New York</a></li> 381<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3799"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/228-couper-bust-cambridge">2.28 Couper bust in Cambridge</a></li> 382<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3823"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/31-antoine-claudet-daguerreotype">3.1 Antoine Claudet, daguerreotype</a></li> 383<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3856"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/32-maull-and-polyblank-photo-1">3.2 Maull and Polyblank photo 1</a></li> 384<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3865"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/33-maull-and-polyblank-photo-2">3.3 Maull and Polyblank photo 2</a></li> 385<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3868"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/34-william-darwin-photo-1">3.4 William Darwin, photo 1</a></li> 386<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3871"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/35-william-darwin-photo-2">3.5 William Darwin, photo 2</a></li> 387<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3874"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/36-william-darwin-photo-3">3.6 William Darwin, photo 3</a></li> 388<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3877"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/37-leonard-darwin-photo-verandah">3.7 Leonard Darwin, photo on verandah</a></li> 389<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3880"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/38-leonard-darwin-interior-photo">3.8 Leonard Darwin, interior photo</a></li> 390<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3883"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/39-leonard-darwin-photo-
390horseback">3.9 Leonard Darwin, photo on horseback</a></li> 391<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3826"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/310-ernest-edwards-men-eminence">3.10 Ernest Edwards, 'Men of Eminence'</a></li> 392<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3829"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/311-edwards-illustrated-london-news">3.11 Edwards, in Illustrated London News</a></li> 393<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3832"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/312-edwards-second-group-photos">3.12 Edwards, second group of photos</a></li> 394<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3835"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/313-edwards-representative-men">3.13 Edwards 'Representative Men'</a></li> 395<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3838"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/314-julia-margaret-cameron-photos">3.14 Julia Margaret Cameron, photos</a></li> 396<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3841"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/315-george-charles-wallich-photo">3.15 George Charles Wallich, photo</a></li> 397<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3844"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/316-oscar-rejlander-photos">3.16 Oscar Rejlander, photos</a></li> 398<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3847"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/317-lock-and-whitfield-men-mark">3.17 Lock and Whitfield, 'Men of Mark'</a></li> 399<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3850"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/318-elliott-and-fry-photos-c1869-1871">3.18 Elliott and Fry photos, c.1869-1871</a></li> 400<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3853"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/319-elliott-and-fry-photos-c1880-1">3.19 Elliott and Fry photos c.1880-1</a></li> 401<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3859"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/320-elliott-and-fry-c1880-1-verandah">3.20 Elliott and Fry, c.1880-1, verandah</a></li> 402<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3862"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/321-herbert-rose-barraud-photos">3.21 Herbert Rose Barraud, photos</a></li> 403<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3886"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/41-albert-way-comic-drawings">4.1 Albert Way, comic drawings</a></li> 404<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3919"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/42-augustus-earle-caricature-drawing">4.2 Augustus Earle, caricature drawing</a></li> 405<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3952"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/43-alfred-crowquill-caricature">4.3 Alfred Crowquill, caricature</a></li> 406<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3985"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/44-thomas-huxley-caricature-sketch">4.4 Thomas Huxley, caricature sketch</a></li> 407<li class="leaf menu-mlid-4018"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/45-william-beard-comic-painting">4.5 William Beard, comic painting</a></li> 408<li class="leaf menu-mlid-4051"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/46-thomas-nast-cartoon">4.6 Thomas Nast, cartoon</a></li> 409<li class="leaf menu-mlid-4054"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/47-vanity-fair-caricature">4.7 'Vanity Fair', caricature</a></li> 410<li class="leaf menu-mlid-4057"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/48-vanity-fair-preliminary-study">4.8 'Vanity Fair', preliminary study</a></li> 411<li class="leaf menu-mlid-4060"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/49-graphic-cartoon">4.9 'Graphic', cartoon</a></li> 412<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3889"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/410-hornet-caricature-darwin">4.10 'Hornet' caricature of Darwin</a></li> 413<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3892"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/411-fun-cartoon-little-lecture">4.11 'Fun' cartoon, 'A little lecture'</a></li> 414<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3895"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/412-fun-wedding-procession">4.12 'Fun', Wedding procession</a></li> 415<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3898"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/413-fun-cartoon-griset-emotional">4.13 'Fun' cartoon by Griset, 'Emotional'</a></li> 416<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3901"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/414-fun-cartoon-troubles">4.14 'Fun' cartoon, 'That troubles'</a></li> 417<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3904"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/415-george-cruikshank-comic-drawing">4.15 George Cruikshank, comic drawing</a></li> 418<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3907"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/416-joseph-simms-physiognomy">4.16 Joseph Simms, physiognomy</a></li> 419<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3910"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/417-figaro-unidentifiable-1871">4.17 'Figaro', unidentifiable 1871</a></li> 420<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3913"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/418-figaro-chromolithograph-1">4.18 'Figaro' chromolithograph 1</a></li> 421<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3916"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/419-george-montbard-caricature">4.19 George Montbard, caricature</a></li> 422<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3922"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/420-frederick-waddy-caricature">4.20 Frederick Waddy, caricature</a></li> 423<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3925"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/421-gegeef-our-national-church-1">4.21 Gegeef, 'Our National Church', 1</a></li> 424<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3928"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/422-gegeef-et-al-our-national-church-2">4.22 Gegeef et al., 'Our National Church', 2</a></li> 425<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3931"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/423-gegeef-battle-field-science">4.23 Gegeef, 'Battle Field of Science'</a></li> 426<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3934"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/424-daily-graphic-nast-satire">4.24 'Daily Graphic', Nast satire</a></li> 427<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3937"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/425-punc
427h-1877-re-cambridge-doctorate">4.25 'Punch' 1877 re. Cambridge doctorate</a></li> 428<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3940"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/426-christmas-card-caricature-monkeys">4.26 Christmas card caricature, monkeys</a></li> 429<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3943"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/427-four-founders-darwinismus">4.27 'Four founders of Darwinismus'</a></li> 430<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3946"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/428-english-celebrities-montage">4.28 'English celebrities' montage</a></li> 431<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3949"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/429-richard-grant-white-fall-man">4.29 Richard Grant White, 'Fall of man'</a></li> 432<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3955"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/430-la-petite-lune-gill-cartoon">4.30 'La Petite Lune', Gill cartoon</a></li> 433<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3958"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/431-la-lune-rousse-gill-cartoon">4.31 'La Lune Rousse', Gill cartoon</a></li> 434<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3961"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/432-anis-liqueur-label">4.32 Anis liqueur label</a></li> 435<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3964"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/433-harpers-weekly-bellew-caricature">4.33 'Harper's Weekly', Bellew caricature</a></li> 436<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3967"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/434-punch-sambourne-cartoon-1">4.34 'Punch', Sambourne cartoon 1</a></li> 437<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3970"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/435-frederick-sem-caricature">4.35 Frederick Sem, caricature</a></li> 438<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3973"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/436-sem-chistmas-card">4.36 Sem, Chistmas card</a></li> 439<li class="leaf 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class="leaf menu-mlid-3997"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/443-illustrated-london-news-article">4.43 'Illustrated London News' article</a></li> 446<li class="leaf menu-mlid-4000"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/444-puck-cartoon-1">4.44 'Puck' cartoon 1</a></li> 447<li class="leaf menu-mlid-4003"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/445-puck-cartoon-2">4.45 'Puck' cartoon 2</a></li> 448<li class="leaf menu-mlid-4006"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/446-puck-cartoon-3">4.46 'Puck' cartoon 3</a></li> 449<li class="leaf menu-mlid-4009"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/447-puck-cartoon-4">4.47 'Puck' cartoon 4</a></li> 450<li class="leaf menu-mlid-4012"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/448-puck-cartoon-5">4.48 'Puck', cartoon 5</a></li> 451<li class="leaf menu-mlid-4015"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/449-alfred-bryan-caricature">4.49 Alfred Bryan, caricature</a></li> 452<li class="leaf menu-mlid-4021"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/450-cigar-box-lid-design">4.50 Cigar box lid design</a></li> 453<li class="leaf menu-mlid-4024"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/451-frederick-holder-life-and-work">4.51 Frederick Holder 'Life and Work'</a></li> 454<li class="leaf menu-mlid-4027"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/452-wasp-caricature">4.52 'Wasp' caricature</a></li> 455<li class="leaf menu-mlid-4030"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/453-claud-warren-outlines-hands">4.53 Claud Warren, 'Outlines of Hands'</a></li> 456<li class="leaf menu-mlid-4033"><a href="../../about-darwin/portraits-charles-darwin-catalogue/454-jubilees-queen-victoria">4.54 jubilees of Queen Victoria</a></li> 457<li class="leaf 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466<li class="first collapsed menu-mlid-4066"><a href="../../about-darwin/darwin-and-experimental-life">Darwin and the experimental life overview</a></li> 467<li class="leaf menu-mlid-4069"><a href="../../about-darwin/darwin-and-experimental-life/what-experiment">What is an experiment?</a></li> 468<li class="leaf menu-mlid-4081"><a href="../../about-darwin/darwin-and-experimental-life/morphology-movement-observation-and-experiment">From morphology to movement: observation and experiment</a></li> 469<li class="leaf menu-mlid-4078"><a href="../../about-darwin/darwin-and-experimental-life/fools-experiments">Fool's experiments</a></li> 470<li class="leaf menu-mlid-4075"><a href="../../about-darwin/darwin-and-experimental-life/experimenting-emotions">Experimenting with emotions</a></li> 471<li class="last leaf menu-mlid-4072"><a href="../../about-darwin/darwin-and-experimental-life/animals-ethics-and-progress-science">Animals, ethics, and the progress of science</a></li> 472</ul> 473</li> 474<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3366"><a href="../../fake-darwin">Fake Darwin: myths and misconceptions</a></li> 475<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3402"><a href="../../darwins-bad-days">Darwin's bad days</a></li> 476<li class="last leaf menu-mlid-3644"><a href="../../people/about-darwin/darwin-s-first-love">Darwin's first love</a></li> 477</ul> 478</li> 479<li class="expanded menu-mlid-800"><a href="../../letters" title="">The letters</a> 480<ul class="campl-unstyled-list local-dropdown-menu"> 481<li class="first collapsed menu-mlid-800"><a href="../../letters" title="">The letters overview</a></li> 482<li class="expanded menu-mlid-2080"><a href="../../letters/darwins-life-letters">Darwin's life in letters</a> 483<ul class="campl-unstyled-list local-dropdown-menu"> 484<li class="first collapsed menu-mlid-2080"><a href="../../letters/darwins-life-letters">Darwin's life in letters overview</a></li> 485<li class="leaf menu-mlid-1097"><a href="../../letters/darwins-life-letters/darwin-letters-1821-1836-childhood-beagle-voyage">1821-1836: Childhood to the Beagle voyage</a></li> 486<li class="leaf menu-mlid-1106"><a href="../../letters/darwins-life-letters/darwin-letters-1837-1843-london-years-natural-selection" title="Charles Darwin's life seen through his letters, 1837-43">1837-43: The London years to 'natural selection'</a></li> 487<li class="leaf menu-mlid-1107"><a href="../../letters/darwins-life-letters/darwin-letters-1844-1846-building-scientific-network">1844-1846: Building a scientific network</a></li> 488<li class="leaf menu-mlid-1108"><a href="../../letters/darwins-life-letters/darwin-letters-1847-1850-microscopes-and-barnacles">1847-1850: Microscopes and barnacles</a></li> 489<li class="leaf menu-mlid-1109"><a href="../../letters/darwins-life-letters/darwin-letters-1851-1855-death-daughter">1851-1855: Death of a daughter</a></li> 490<li class="leaf menu-mlid-1110"><a href="../../letters/darwins-life-letters/darwin-letters-1856-1857-big-book">1856-1857: The 'Big Book'</a></li> 491<li class="leaf menu-mlid-936"><a href="../../letters/darwins-life-letters/darwin-letters-1858-1859-origin">1858-1859: Origin</a></li> 492<li class="leaf menu-mlid-937"><a href="../../letters/darwins-life-letters/darwin-letters-1860-answering-critics">1860: Answering critics</a></li> 493<li class="leaf menu-mlid-1111"><a href="../../letters/darwins-life-letters/darwin-letters-1861-gaining-allies">1861: Gaining allies</a></li> 494<li class="leaf menu-mlid-1098"><a href="../../letters/darwins-life-letters/darwin-letters-1862-multiplicity-experiments">1862: A multiplicity of experiments</a></li> 495<li class="leaf menu-mlid-1099"><a href="../../letters/darwins-life-letters/darwin-letters-1863-quarrels-home-honours-abroad">1863: Quarrels at home, honours abroad</a></li> 496<li class="leaf menu-mlid-1100"><a 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Human evolution</a></li> 503<li class="leaf menu-mlid-1151"><a href="../../letters/darwins-life-letters/darwin-letters-1871-emptying-nest">1871: An emptying nest</a></li> 504<li class="leaf menu-mlid-1152"><a href="../../letters/darwins-life-letters/darwin-letters-1872-job-done">1872: Job done?</a></li> 505<li class="leaf menu-mlid-1049"><a href="../../letters/darwins-life-letters/darwins-letters-1873-animal-or-vegetable">1873: Animal or vegetable?</a></li> 506<li class="leaf menu-mlid-1050"><a href="../../letters/darwins-life-letters/darwin-letters-1874-turbulent-year">1874: A turbulent year</a></li> 507<li class="leaf menu-mlid-2275"><a href="../../letters/darwins-life-letters/darwin-letters-1875-pulling-strings">1875: Pulling strings</a></li> 508<li class="leaf menu-mlid-2894"><a href="../../letters/darwins-life-letters/darwin-letters-1876-midst-life">1876: In the midst of life</a></li> 509<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3363"><a href="../../letters/darwins-life-letters/darwin-letters-1877-flowers-and-honours">1877: Flowers and honours</a></li> 510<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3383"><a href="../../letters/darwins-life-letters/darwin-letters-1878-movement-and-sleep">1878: Movement and sleep</a></li> 511<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3394"><a href="../../letters/darwins-life-letters/darwin-letters-1879-tracing-roots">1879: Tracing roots</a></li> 512<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3661"><a href="../../letters/darwins-life-letters/darwin-letters-1880-sensitivity-and-worms">1880: Sensitivity and worms</a></li> 513<li class="leaf menu-mlid-4063"><a href="../../letters/darwins-life-letters/darwin-letters-1881-old-friends-and-new-admirers">1881: Old friends and new admirers</a></li> 514<li class="last leaf menu-mlid-4102"><a href="../../letters/darwins-life-letters/darwin-letters-1882-nothing-too-great-or-too-small">1882: Nothing too great or too small</a></li> 515</ul> 516</li> 517<li class="expanded menu-mlid-3384">
517<a href="../../letters/darwins-works-letters">Darwin's works in letters</a> 518<ul class="campl-unstyled-list local-dropdown-menu"> 519<li class="first collapsed menu-mlid-3384"><a href="../../letters/darwins-works-letters">Darwin's works in letters overview</a></li> 520<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3385"><a href="../../letters/darwins-works-letters/journal-researches">Journal of researches</a></li> 521<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3386"><a href="../../letters/darwins-works-letters/living-and-fossil-cirripedia">Living and fossil cirripedia</a></li> 522<li class="expanded menu-mlid-3400"><a href="../../letters/darwins-works-letters/origin-big-book">Before Origin: the 'big book'</a> 523<ul class="menu"> 524<li class="first collapsed menu-mlid-3400"><a href="../../letters/darwins-works-letters/origin-big-book">Before Origin: the 'big book' overview</a></li> 525<li class="last leaf menu-mlid-3401"><a href="../../letters/darwins-works-letters/origin-big-book/dates-composition-darwins-manuscript-species">Dates of composition of Darwin's manuscript on species</a></li> 526</ul> 527</li> 528<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3406"><a href="../../letters/darwins-works-letters/origin">Origin</a></li> 529<li class="expanded menu-mlid-3407"><a href="../../letters/darwins-works-letters/rewriting-origin-later-editions">Rewriting Origin - the later editions</a> 530<ul class="menu"> 531<li class="first collapsed menu-mlid-3407"><a href="../../letters/darwins-works-letters/rewriting-origin-later-editions">Rewriting Origin - the later editions overview</a></li> 532<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3412"><a href="../../letters/darwins-works-letters/rewriting-origin-later-editions/how-old-earth">How old is the earth?</a></li> 533<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3411"><a href="../../letters/darwins-works-letters/rewriting-origin-later-editions/whale-bear">The whale-bear</a></li> 534<li class="last leaf menu-mlid-3413"><a href="../../letters/darwins-works-letters/rewriting-origin-later-editions/origin-lost-changes-second-german">Origin: the lost changes for the second German edition</a></li> 535</ul> 536</li> 537<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3404"><a href="../../letters/darwins-works-letters/orchids">Orchids</a></li> 538<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3662"><a href="../../letters/darwins-works-letters/climbing-plants">Climbing plants</a></li> 539<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3387"><a href="../../letters/darwins-works-letters/descent">Descent</a></li> 540<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3388"><a href="../../letters/darwins-works-letters/expression">Expression</a></li> 541<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3389"><a href="../../letters/darwins-works-letters/insectivorous-plants">Insectivorous plants</a></li> 542<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3663"><a href="../../letters/darwins-works-letters/forms-flowers">Forms of flowers</a></li> 543<li class="leaf menu-mlid-4084"><a href="../../letters/darwins-works-letters/cross-and-self-fertilisation">Cross and self fertilisation</a></li> 544<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3405"><a href="../../letters/darwins-works-letters/life-erasmus-darwin">Life of Erasmus Darwin</a></li> 545<li class="last leaf menu-mlid-3665"><a href="../../letters/darwins-works-letters/movement-plants">Movement in Plants</a></li> 546</ul> 547</li> 548<li class="leaf menu-mlid-2264"><a href="../../letters/about-letters">About the letters</a></li> 549<li class="expanded menu-mlid-2408"><a href="../../letters/lifecycle-letter-film">Lifecycle of a letter film</a> 550<ul class="campl-unstyled-list local-dropdown-menu"> 551<li class="first collapsed menu-mlid-2408"><a href="../../letters/lifecycle-letter-film">Lifecycle of a letter film overview</a></li> 552<li class="leaf menu-mlid-2411"><a href="../../letters/lifecycle-letter-film/editing-letter">Editing a Letter</a></li> 553<li class="last leaf menu-mlid-2409"><a href="../../letters/lifecycle-letter-film/working-darwin-archive">Working in the Darwin archive</a></li> 554</ul> 555</li> 556<li class="leaf menu-mlid-2296"><a href="../../letters/capturing-darwin-s-voice-audio-selected-letters">Capturing Darwin's voice: audio of selected letters</a></li> 557<li class="leaf menu-mlid-2266"><a href="../../letters/correspondence-women">Correspondence with women</a></li> 558<li class="leaf menu-mlid-878">
558<a href="../../hunt-new-letters">The hunt for new letters</a></li> 559<li class="expanded menu-mlid-1136"><a href="../../letters/editorial-policy-and-practice">Editorial policy and practice</a> 560<ul class="campl-unstyled-list local-dropdown-menu"> 561<li class="first collapsed menu-mlid-1136"><a href="../../letters/editorial-policy-and-practice">Editorial policy and practice overview</a></li> 562<li class="last leaf menu-mlid-3646"><a href="../../letters/editorial-policy-and-practice/full-notes-editorial-policy">Full notes on editorial policy</a></li> 563</ul> 564</li> 565<li class="leaf menu-mlid-2263"><a href="../../letters/symbols-and-abbreviations">Symbols and abbreviations</a></li> 566<li class="leaf menu-mlid-2905"><a href="../../letters/darwins-letters-timeline">Darwin's letters: a timeline</a></li> 567<li class="leaf menu-mlid-2909"><a href="../../world-map">Darwin's letters: World Map</a></li> 568<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3364"><a href="/have-you-read-one-about" title="">Have you read the one about...</a></li> 569<li class="leaf menu-mlid-4183"><a href="../../letters/charles-darwin-life-letters">Charles Darwin: A Life in Letters</a></li> 570<li class="leaf menu-mlid-4158"><a href="../../darwin-conversation-exhibition">Darwin in Conversation exhibition</a></li> 571<li class="leaf menu-mlid-4099"><a href="../../letters/diagrams-and-drawings-letters">Diagrams and drawings in letters</a></li> 572<li class="expanded menu-mlid-4105"><a href="../../letters/favourite-letters">Favourite Letters</a> 573<ul class="campl-unstyled-list local-dropdown-menu"> 574<li class="first collapsed menu-mlid-4105"><a href="../../letters/favourite-letters">Favourite Letters overview</a></li> 575<li class="leaf menu-mlid-4162"><a href="../../letters/favourite-letters/be-envious-ripe-oranges-w-d-fox-may-1832">Be envious of ripe oranges: To W. D. Fox, May 1832</a></li> 576<li class="leaf menu-mlid-4111"><a href="../../letters/favourite-letters/monstrous-stain-j-m-herbert-2-june-1833">That monstrous stain: To J. M. Herbert, 2 June 1833</a></li> 577<li class="leaf menu-mlid-4166"><a href="../../letters/favourite-letters/my-most-solemn-request-emma-darwin-5-july-1844">My most solemn request: To Emma Darwin, 5 July 1844</a></li> 578<li class="leaf menu-mlid-4178"><a href="../../letters/favourite-letters/our-poor-dear-dear-child-emma-darwin-23-april-1851">Our poor dear dear child: To Emma Darwin, [23 April 1851]</a></li> 579<li class="leaf menu-mlid-4174"><a href="../../letters/favourite-letters/i-beg-million-pardons-john-lubbock-3-september-1862">I beg a million pardons: To John Lubbock, [3 September 1862]</a></li> 580<li class="leaf menu-mlid-4129"><a href="../../letters/favourite-letters/prize-possessions-henry-denny-17-january-1865">Prize possessions: To Henry Denny, 17 January [1865]</a></li> 581<li class="leaf menu-mlid-4114"><a href="../../letters/favourite-letters/how-manage-it-j-d-hooker-17-june-1865">How to manage it: To J. D. 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Wallace, 17 June 1876</a></li> 591<li class="leaf menu-mlid-4141"><a href="../../letters/favourite-letters/wearing-his-knowledge-lightly-fritz-m-ller-5-april-1878">Wearing his knowledge lightly: From Fritz Müller, 5 April 1878</a></li> 592<li class="leaf menu-mlid-4123"><a href="../../letters/favourite-letters/terms-engagement-julius-wiesner-25-october-1881">Terms of engagement: To Julius Wiesner, 25 October 1881</a></li> 593<li class="last leaf menu-mlid-4108"><a href="../../letters/favourite-letters/intellectual-capacities-carol
593ine-kennard-26-december-1881">Intellectual capacities: From Caroline Kennard, 26 December 1881</a></li> 594</ul> 595</li> 596<li class="expanded menu-mlid-4144"><a href="../../letters/darwin-plays">Darwin plays</a> 597<ul class="campl-unstyled-list local-dropdown-menu"> 598<li class="first collapsed menu-mlid-4144"><a href="../../letters/darwin-plays">Darwin plays overview</a></li> 599<li class="leaf menu-mlid-4150"><a href="../../letters/darwin-plays/emma-audio-play">'Emma' audio play</a></li> 600<li class="leaf menu-mlid-4147"><a href="../../letters/darwin-plays/frank-audio-play">'Frank' audio play</a></li> 601<li class="leaf menu-mlid-4153"><a href="../../letters/darwin-plays/confessing-murder-audio-play">'Like confessing a murder' audio play</a></li> 602<li class="last expanded menu-mlid-2294"><a href="../../letters/darwin-plays/re-design-dramatisation">'Re: Design' dramatisation</a> 603<ul class="menu"> 604<li class="first collapsed menu-mlid-2294"><a 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675Vivisection: first sketch of the bill</a></li> 676<li class="leaf menu-mlid-2287"><a href="../../topics/life-sciences/darwin-and-vivisection/vivisection-darwins-testimony-royal-commission">Vivisection: Darwin's testimony</a></li> 677<li class="last leaf menu-mlid-2288"><a href="../../topics/life-sciences/darwin-and-vivisection/appeal-against-animal-cruelty">'An Appeal' against animal cruelty</a></li> 678</ul> 679</li> 680<li class="last leaf menu-mlid-2916"><a href="../life-sciences/biodiversity-and-its-histories">Biodiversity and its histories</a></li> 681</ul> 682</li> 683<li class="expanded menu-mlid-873"><a href="../human-nature" title="">Human nature</a> 684<ul class="campl-unstyled-list local-dropdown-menu"> 685<li class="first collapsed menu-mlid-873"><a href="../human-nature" title="">Human nature overview</a></li> 686<li class="leaf menu-mlid-2604"><a href="../human-nature/darwin-human-evolution">Darwin on human evolution</a></li> 687<li class="expanded menu-mlid-1269"><a href="../human-nature/expression-emotions">The expression of emotions</a> 688<ul class="menu"> 689<li class="first collapsed menu-mlid-1269"><a href="../human-nature/expression-emotions">The expression of emotions overview</a></li> 690<li class="expanded menu-mlid-1262"><a href="../human-nature/expression-emotions/emotion-experiment">Emotion experiment</a> 691<ul class="menu"> 692<li class="first collapsed menu-mlid-1262"><a href="../human-nature/expression-emotions/emotion-experiment">Emotion experiment overview</a></li> 693<li class="last leaf menu-mlid-1263"><a href="../human-nature/expression-emotions/emotion-experiment/results-darwin-online-emotions">Results of the Darwin Online Emotions Experiment</a></li> 694</ul> 695</li> 696<li class="leaf menu-mlid-2256"><a href="../human-nature/expression-emotions/face-emotion">Face of emotion</a></li> 697<li class="last leaf menu-mlid-2292"><a href="../human-nature/expression-emotions/darwin-s-queries-expression">Darwin's queries on expression</a></li> 698</ul> 699</li> 700<li class="expanded menu-mlid-1052"><a href="../human-nature/origin-language">The origin of language</a> 701<ul class="menu"> 702<li class="first collapsed menu-mlid-1052"><a href="../human-nature/origin-language">The origin of language overview</a></li> 703<li class="leaf menu-mlid-1053"><a href="../human-nature/origin-language/language-key-letters">Language: key letters</a></li> 704<li class="last leaf menu-mlid-1153"><a href="../human-nature/origin-language/language-interview-gregory-radick">Language: Interview with Gregory Radick</a></li> 705</ul> 706</li> 707<li class="last leaf menu-mlid-1140"><a href="../human-nature/darwin-and-human-nature-film-series">Film series podcasts</a></li> 708</ul> 709</li> 710<li class="expanded menu-mlid-874"><a href="../religion" title="">Religion</a> 711<ul class="campl-unstyled-list local-dropdown-menu"> 712<li class="first collapsed menu-mlid-874"><a href="../religion" title="">Religion overview</a></li> 713<li class="leaf menu-mlid-1033"><a href="../religion/darwin-and-design">Darwin and design</a></li> 714<li class="leaf menu-mlid-1288"><a href="../religion/what-did-darwin-believe">What did Darwin believe?</a></li> 715<li class="leaf menu-mlid-1034"><a href="../religion/darwin-and-church">Darwin and the Church</a></li> 716<li class="leaf menu-mlid-1089"><a href="../religion/british-association-meeting-1860">British Association meeting 1860</a></li> 717<li class="leaf menu-mlid-1121"><a href="../religion/darwin-and-religion-america">Darwin and religion in America</a></li> 718<li class="expanded menu-mlid-1045"><a href="../religion/essays-reviews-asa-gray">Essays and reviews by Asa Gray</a> 719<ul class="menu"> 720<li class="first collapsed menu-mlid-1045"><a href="../religion/essays-reviews-asa-gray">Essays and reviews by Asa Gray overview</a></li> 721<li class="leaf menu-mlid-2271"><a href="../religion/essays-reviews-asa-gray/darwiniana-preface">Darwiniana - 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title="">Readers and critics</a></li> 769<li class="leaf menu-mlid-2162"><a href="../../tags/publishers-artists-and-illustrators" title="">Publishers, artists and illustrators</a></li> 770<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3381"><a href="../../correspondents-alphabetical" title="">People pages in alphabetical order</a></li> 771<li class="expanded menu-mlid-3367"><a href="../../people/german-and-dutch-photograph-albums">German and Dutch photograph albums</a> 772<ul class="campl-unstyled-list local-dropdown-menu"> 773<li class="first collapsed menu-mlid-3367"><a href="../../people/german-and-dutch-photograph-albums">German and Dutch photograph albums overview</a></li> 774<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3372"><a href="../../people/german-and-dutch-photograph-albums/photograph-album-german-and-austrian-scientists">Photograph album of German and Austrian scientists</a></li> 775<li class="leaf menu-mlid-3371"><a 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999Some of the stranger things Darwin received in the post can tell us a lot about how Darwin worked at home. In 1863, Darwin was very excited when the ornithologist <a href="/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-4326.xml">Alfred Newton sent him a diseased, red-legged partridge foot</a> with an enormous ball of clay attached. He wanted to further test his statement in <em>Origin of species</em> about birds being 'highly effective agents in the transportation of seeds' (<em>Origin</em>, p. 361) and win a debate he was having with his friend Joseph Dalton Hooker about whether birds or former land bridges were the best explanation for the distribution of plants to distant islands. He sent Hooker regular reports on how many plants had germinated from the clay, first 34, then 54, which <a href="/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-4351.xml">he hoped would stick in Hooker's throat</a>. The <a href="/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-4440.xml">final tally was 82 plants</a> when Newton asked for the foot back to establish the original cause of the injury. Unfortunately, <a href="/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-4453.xml">Darwin had thrown it away</a>.</p> 1000<p>Staying on the topic of how seeds were transported over great distances, the farmer James Mansel Weale wrote to Darwin from South Africa in 1867. Darwin replied, '<a href="/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-5617.xml">When I rec<sup>d</sup> the locust-dung I c<sup>d</sup> not imagine what it was, & I might have gone on guessing till doomsday. I will try the experiment carefully, but shall be as much surprized as interested if it sh<sup>d</sup> prove to contain any seeds.</a>' However, he reported to the botanist Asa Gray: '<a href="/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-5649.xml">Six Grasses, belonging to at least two species have germinated out of the dung</a>'.</p> 1001<p> </p> 1002<p>In 1871, <a href="/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-7612.xml">Darwin asked Ray Lankester</a> to acquire a photograph of his German friend's ears for an illustration of the 'Woolnarian tip', an example of atavism (the tendency to revert to an ancestral type). He wanted to replace the engraving in the second edition of <em>Descent</em> <em>of man</em> based on Thomas Woolner's sculpture with one of a real human ear. <a href="/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-7697.xml">Hinrich Nitsche also sent a photograph of an orangutan foetus</a> from the Leipzig University zoological collection with the photographs of his own ears, which were not clear enough to use. However, Darwin included an engraving of a cropped version of the monkey instead.</p> 1003<p class="rtecenter"><img alt="" src="../../sites/default/files/commentary__curious__strange-things-sent-darwin-post-image-01.png" style="width: 185px; height: 300px;"/></p> 1004<h6 class="rtecenter">Photograph of Hinrich Nitsche's ear, enclosed with the <a href="/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-7697.xml">letter from Hinrich Nitsche, 18 April 1871</a> (DAR 87: 46r)</h6> 1005<p>In <em>Variation</em>, Darwin had detailed cases of inheritance of extra toes and fingers in humans and other animals. In 1877, the journalist <a href="/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-10936.xml">Otto Zacharias sent Darwin a pig's foot</a> with a pronounced extra 'thumb' direct from a Geestemünde butchers. <a href="/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-10941.xml">Darwin sent the specimen to William Henry Flower</a> at the Royal College of Surgeons who <a href="/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-10962.xml">described it</a> and included it as part of their Teratological Series. Unfortunately, the specimen was destroyed when the College was bombed during the Second World War.</p> 1006<p class="rtecenter"><img alt="" src="../../sites/default/files/commentary__curious__strange-things-sent-darwin-post-image-02.png"/></p> 1007<h6 class="rtecenter">William Henry Flower's description of the pig's foot, <span class="source-of-text">American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.512)</span></h6> 1008<p>One of the strangest enclosures was by another careful reader of Darwin's work. The Hebrew scholar <a href="/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-7522.xml">Frank Chance sent Darwin his beard and scalp hair</a> as a counter example to Darwin's claim in <em>Descent</em> that the beard hair in mammals was almost always lighter than that of the scalp. Darwin added the example with another to the second edition of <em>Descent</em>.</p> 1009<p class="rtecenter"><img alt="" src="../../sites/default/files/commentary__curious__strange-things-sent-darwin-post-image-03.png"/></p> 1010<h6 class="rtecenter">The beard and scalp hair Frank Chance sent to Darwin, DAR 142: 59-60</h6> 1011<p> </p> 1012</div> 1013</div> 1014</div> 1015<div class="field field-name-field-terms field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"> 1016<div class="field-label">Terms: </div> 1017<div class="field-items"> 1018<div class="field-item even"><a href="../curious" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">For the curious...</a></div> 1019</div> 1020</div> 1021<div class="field field-name-field-term-related-letters field-type-text field-label-above"> 1022<div class="field-label">Related letters: </div> 1023<div class="field-items"> 1024<div class="field-item even">5617</div> 1025<div class="field-item odd">5649</div> 1026<div class="field-item even">7612</div> 1027<div class="field-item odd">7697</div> 1028<div class="field-item even">10936</div> 1029<div class="field-item odd">10941</div> 1030<div class="field-item even">10962</div> 1031<div class="field-item odd">7522</div> 1032<div class="field-item even">4326</div> 1033<div class="field-item odd">4351</div> 1034<div class="field-item even">4440</div> 1035<div class="field-item odd">4453</div> 1036</div> 1037</div> 1038</div> 1039</div> 1040</div> 1041</div> 1042</div> 1043</div> 1044</div><div class="campl-column3 campl-secondary-content"> 1045<div class="region region-sidebar"> 1046<div id="block-menu-block-3" class="block block-menu-block"> 1047<div class="campl-content-container campl-no-bottom-padding"> 1048<div class="campl-heading-container"> 1049<h2>In this section:</h2> 1050</div> 1051</div> 1052<div class="campl-content-container"> 1053<div class="menu-block-wrapper menu-block-3 menu-name-main-menu parent-mlid-0 menu-level-3"> 1054<ul class="menu"> 1055 1056<li class="first leaf menu-mlid-4189 with-rh-icon" style="background-image:url(/sites/default/files/styles/rh-icon/public/darwin_beagle_new_0.gif?itok=Uocw95Do)"><a href="cordillera-beagle-expedition" title="">Cordillera Beagle expedition</a></li> 1057 1058<li class="leaf menu-mlid-4192 with-rh-icon" style="background-image:url(/sites/default/files/styles/rh-icon/public/darwin_family_table_new.gif?itok=_OtfV-Xt)"><a href="darwin-family" title="">The Darwin family</a></li> 1059 1060<li class="leaf menu-mlid-4195 with-rh-icon" style="background-image:url(/sites/default/files/styles/rh-icon/public/auxanometer.gif?itok=nc_ei2FO)"><a href="darwin-s-plant-experiments" title="">Darwin's plant experiments</a></li> 1061 1062<li class="leaf menu-mlid-4198 with-rh-icon" style="background-image:url(/sites/default/files/styles/rh-icon/public/darwin_behind_the_scenes.png?itok=sQe-ofzZ)"><a href="behind-scenes" title="">Behind the scenes</a></li> 1063 1064<li class="leaf menu-mlid-4201 with-rh-icon" style="background-image:url(/sites/default/files/styles/rh-icon/public/religion.mp4_.gif?itok=ZAdkXSOP)"><a href="darwin-s-networks" title="">Darwin's Networks</a></li> 1065 1066<li class="leaf menu-mlid-4204 with-rh-icon" style="background-image:url(/sites/default/files/styles/rh-icon/public/HMS-Beagle.gif?itok=WLlBu_Sr)"><a href="darwin-and-beagle-voyage" title="">Darwin and the Beagle voyage</a></li> 1067 1068<li class="leaf menu-mlid-4207 with-rh-icon" style="background-image:url(/sites/default/files/styles/rh-icon/public/interior-armchair.jpg?itok=1NMtbRxE)"><a href="darwin-and-working-home" title="">Darwin and working from home</a></li> 1069 1070<li class="leaf menu-mlid-4210 with-rh-icon" style="background-image:url(/sites/default/files/styles/rh-icon/public/thoseotheranimal00hentiala_0143.jpg?itok=zsJqwgai)">
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1146 [2: 319]. Encloses sample of his hair, beard, and whiskers.</p> 1147</div> 1148</div> 1149<div class="letter odd"> 1150<h3><a href="/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-10936.xml">From Otto Zacharias 21 April 1877</a></h3> 1151<div class="summary"> 1152<p>Sends abnormal pig's foot. Does abnormality occur often?</p> 1153</div> 1154</div> 1155<div class="letter even"> 1156<h3><a href="/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-10941.xml">To Otto Zacharias 26 April 1877</a></h3> 1157<div class="summary"> 1158<p>CD has sent the pig's foot to William Henry Flower to examine.</p> 1159</div> 1160</div> 1161<div class="letter odd"> 1162<h3><a href="/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-10962.xml">From W. H. 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