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Portrait of Charles Darwin
Julia Margaret Cameron1868
The Royal Society
London, United Kingdom
This depicts a side profile of Charles Darwin (with mount).
Inscribed by Darwin "I like this photograph very much better than any other which has been taken of me".
Charles Darwin was a member of the Royal Society, and renowned for writing the Origin of Species. Julia Margaret Cameron took this portrait of him during his stay at her house in Kent.
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- Title: Portrait of Charles Darwin
- Creator: Julia Margaret Cameron (1815-1879)
- Date Created: 1868
- Location Created: England
- Rights: Copyright The Royal Society, 2018
- Manufacturer: Julia Margaret Cameron (1815-1879)
- Field: Chemistry
- Catalogue Reference: IM/001057
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