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To James Shaw   19 February 18731

Down, | Beckenham, Kent.

Feb 19 1873

Dear Sir

Many thanks for the excellent photo. The whole group with the pretty children is quite charming.2

Dear Sir | yours faithfully | Ch. Darwin

LS

1
This letter was previously published from a dealer’s description in Correspondence vol. 23, under the headline ‘to ?, 19 February 1873’.
2
The photograph was of a donkey showing an expression of surprise, according to a biography of Shaw that quotes this letter; Shaw had sent it because CD had not included donkeys in Expression (R. Wallace ed. 1899, p. lxi). The photograph has not been found in the Darwin Archive–CUL.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-8776A,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-8776A