From W. H. Flower   9 May 1863

Royal College of Surgeons of England, | London, | (W.C.)

9th. day of May 1863

My dear Sir

I send you by this post, two copies of both views of the Niata Ox skull, presented by you to the College Museum.1 I am sorry that there has been so long a delay, but the photographer was very dilatory in printing. Other copies can be had if required, or views in other positions taken.

I find that a cast will cost £3〃3〃0, though when the first is made, copies can be taken from the mould for a much smaller sum.2

Hoping that the photographs will prove satisfactory to M. Quatrefages | I remain | very faithfully yours | W. H. Flower

C. Darwin Esq | F.R.S. &c

1
In his letter to Flower of 13 April [1863], CD asked him to send a photograph of the niata skull that he had presented to the Hunterian Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1840; Flower was curator of the museum. CD had been asked for the photograph by Armand de Quatrefages (see letter from Armand de Quatrefages, [28 March –] 11 April 1863). See also letter from W. H. Flower, 15 April 1863.
2
In the letter to W. H. Flower, 13 April [1863], CD had also inquired into the costs of making a cast of the skull of the niata ox for Quatrefages.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-4149,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-4149