From S. E. Wedgwood   [1867–72?]1

Jessie found the other day that driving in the sun without a parasol made one of her eyes, which is weak, water decidedly, so that she had to wipe it.2

The correspondent is identified as Sarah Elizabeth (Elizabeth) Wedgwood, Emma Darwin’s sister, from the handwriting. The date range is conjectured from the likelihood that the content of the scrap related to CD’s work on expression. CD was working on expression with a view to publishing between 1867 and 1872. DAR 195 contains CD’s notes on expression.
Jessie Wedgwood was Elizabeth Wedgwood’s cousin and sister-in-law. CD discussed the watering of eyes in bright light in Expression, p. 171.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-13856,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-13856