Darwiniana: Other

H. Other

Year	Country	mm	Item	Image	Notes
1869	USA	160x245 (full page)	H1		A full-page advertisement for Darwin's book The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, from the April 1869 issue of Harper's Magazine.
1876	UK	114x178	H2		Huxley sent George Harris this thank-you letter after receiving Harris' book A Philosophical Treatise on the Nature and Constitution of Man. Huxley wrote his London address (4 Marlborough Place) at the top of the letter, and signed both envelope and letter. Postmarked St John's Wood, 27 April 1876.
1876	UK	75x115	H3
c1900	Belgium	66x103	H4		Bronze-embossed cigar box outer label by J. De Ruysscher of Malines. Portrait based on c1880 photo [19] by Lock & Whitfield.
1935	Czechoslovakia	57x138	H5		Bookmark produced by Prague paper company Olleschau, with German verso text. Portrait based on a c1874 photo [6] by Darwin's son Leonard.
c1978-82	UK	100x160 (average)	H6		Items H6-11 are from the collection of Philip Titheradge, who served as Custodian of Down House from 1975 to 1989 [20]. Other items from Mr Titheragde's collection can be found in the Cards and Postcards sections of Darwiniana. H6-8 are images, mainly photographs, that were probably used as originals for making postcards and publication illustrations. H6 is four portraits of Darwin (1840 painting [18] by G. Richmond, c1854 photo by Maull & Fox, 1881 photo by Elliott & Fry, 1881 painting by J. Collier) and two of his wife Emma (1840 painting [23] by G. Richmond, 1881 photo by H. R. Barraud). H7 is photos of Down House that were probably taken by Mr Titheradge. H8 is images of the Beagle, the copy of Das Kapital that Marx inscribed to Darwin, and Vanity Fair caricatures of Darwin and R. Owen. H9 is photos by Mr Titheradge of the BBC series The Voyage of Charles Darwin being filmed at Down House. The series first aired in the UK on 31 October, 1978 [21]. H10 is a large photo of Mr Titheradge attending a Post Office event promoting the 1982 release of the Darwin death centenary stamps. H11 is two cards sent to Mr Titheradge: an invitation to the 1980 launching of a facsimile reprinting of Darwin's Beagle notebook (see inside of card here), and a 1982 Christmas card promoting a Rotterdam Darwin exhibition (see inside of card here).
		90x140 (average)	H7
		100x150 (average)	H8
		89x126 (each)	H9
		152x239	H10
	Netherlands & UK	115x160 (average)	H11
1980	Belgium	52x100 (each)	H12		Don Diaz "Darwin" cigar band set. The same 12 images from the Beagle voyage are used with backgrounds of red (No. 1-12) and blue (No. 13-24). Verso text in Dutch and French. Darwin portrait is 1840 painting [18] by G. Richmond.
1984	Netherlands	28x64	H13		Cigar band issued by Hofnar.