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Portrait of Charles Darwin
Mabel Beatrice Messer (1874-1950)1912
The Royal Society
London, United Kingdom
The portrait is of an elderly Charles Darwin, shown with a full white beard. Collier's original painting was completed by July-August 1881 and shows the naturalist in the last year of his life, this is a reproduction commissioned to Mabel Beatrice Messer by the Royal Society.
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- Title: Portrait of Charles Darwin
- Creator: Mabel Beatrice Messer (1874-1950)
- Date Created: 1912
- Rights: Copyright The Royal Society, 2018
- External Link: To license this image please visit the Royal Society Picture Library
- Medium: oil, canvas
- Scientist: Charles Robert Darwin (1809-1882)
- Field: Biology
- Catalogue Reference: P/31
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