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To C. L. Dodgson   10 December 1872

Down, | Beckenham, Kent.

Dec 10 1872

My dear Sir

I am much obliged for your kind note & offer.1 If you are quite sure that you can spare the unmounted photo., I shd very much like to possess it, although I am doubtful whether I shall ever make any actual use of it.2

I half scruple accepting your very kind offer & I remain | yours very faithfully | Charles Darwin

LS

1
Dodgson’s note has not been found.
2
Dodgson had photographed Flora Rankin with a wide smile (see Taylor and Wakeling 2002, p. 89 and p. 91 plate 63). CD’s copy of this photograph is in DAR 53.1: C98; see plate on p. 562.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-8668,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-8668