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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Spottiswoode
Date:
7 July [1878]
Source of text:
DAR 202: 83
Summary:

Has been approached by [H. R. Hope-]Pinker who wishes to sculpt him for the Royal Institution; asks whether WS has any knowledge of the matter.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
William Spottiswoode
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
10 July 1878
Source of text:
DAR 177: 237
Summary:

Writes about [H. R. Hope-]Pinker, who tried to approach CD via the Royal Institution in order to sculpt a bust of him. WS advises against agreeing to sit for him.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project