WCP1929

Letter (WCP1929.1819)

[1]

[5 December 1869]1

Dear Mr Wallace

I enclose a diminished photo from Mrs Camerons [Cameron]2 but it looks heavy & unclear. I like best the profile of Ernest Edwards3, or a 3/4 face vignette which Messrs Elliott4 & Fry5 (Baker St) & which is a strong likeness & pleasing are now making some copies of for us, but I cannot send you one, or one of Mr Edwards’. [2]6 You see I am anxious that Mr Darwin should be becomingly represented.

With very kind regards to Mrs Wallace7 | Yours very truly | Emma Darwin [signature]

1

[N.B. an enclosure of WCP1928].

DCP is not listed as source since some text is omitted from DCP-LETT-6949

2
Cameron (née Pattle), Julia Margaret (1815-1879). British photographer.
3
Edwards, Ernest (1837-1903). British photographer who invented the heliotype process of photomechanical reproduction.
4
Elliot, Joseph John (1835-1903). British photographer and co-founder of the studio portrait company Elliot and Fry based at 55 Baker Street.
5
Fry, Clarence Edmund (1840-1897). British photographer and co-founder studio portrait company Elliot and Fry based at 55 Baker Street.
6
A blue crayon annotation in the lower right-hand corner of page 2 adds '1869'.
7
Wallace (née Mitten), Annie (1846-1914). Wife of ARW; daughter of William Mitten, chemist and authority on bryophytes.

Editorial information

Status: Edited (but not proofed) transcription [Letter (WCP1929.1819)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Catchpole, Caroline [2012-10-25] Transcription checked by Beros, Matt [2019-12-20]

Please cite as “WCP1929,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 28 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP1929