C. Postcards
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c1898 |
Germany |
C1
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From the Das Grosse Jahrhundert ("The Great Century") series. C1 reproduces c1875 cabinet card photo [5] by Elliott & Fry of London. C2 uses portrait [9] from cabinet card by G. W. Bacon & Co. of London. |
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1900-1907 |
C3 |
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Photo [5] from Bruckmann's cabinet card. Postmark date is hard to read, but stamp and undivided back suggest that card was mailed in Germany between 1902 & 1905. | |
| Romania* | C4 |
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Portrait [9] from cabinet card by G. W. Bacon & Co. Undivided back on European card suggests pre-1905. | |
| Russia | C5 |
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The Elliott & Fry c1880 photo. Undivided back on Russian card suggests pre-1905. | |
| UK | C6 |
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Natural History Museum, London. Statues of R. Owen (foreground) and Darwin (background, on stairwell; more recent photo here) are visible. Darwin's statue occupied this prominent position at its 1885 unveiling, but it was moved [10] to a rear hall in 1927, and replaced by Owen's statue. | |
| C7 |
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Rotary Photographic Series issues of H. R. Barraud's c1881 portrait. C7's matte finish and non-international stamp box suggest that it was issued slightly earlier than C8. | ||
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| USA | C9 |
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The Elliott & Fry c1875 photo again, this time on collotype postcard. | |
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1908-1915 |
Austria* | C10 |
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Sketch of the Elliott & Fry c1875 photo.
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| France* | C11 |
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The Elliott & Fry c1880 photo again. European issue with multilingual verso text. |
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| Germany |
C12
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1909 issue commemorating Darwin's 100th birthday and Haeckel's 75th. Promotes "newly revised pocket edition" of Haeckel's Die Welträtsel. Darwin's portrait is the Elliott & Fry c1880 photo. | |
| C13 |
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Sketch of the Elliott & Fry c1880 photo, c1913. | ||
| Italy | C14 |
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The Elliott & Fry c1880 photo again, issued by Ballerini of Florence. | |
| Russia | C15 |
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Reproduction of a c1874 photo [6] by Darwin's son Leonard, but with oddly retouched eyes. Date estimate based partially on Vienna Secession verso font. In 1959 this image, retouched eyes and all, would appear on a Soviet stamp. | |
| C16 |
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Two more Russian versions of the Elliott & Fry c1880 photo. | ||
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| UK |
C18
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Darwin was born and raised in Shrewsbury, and in 1897 his statue was unveiled [14] in front of Shrewsbury Library, which used to be the school that he attended. This statue is visible in all three of these postcards. A more recent photo of the statue is here. C20 is postmarked 1908. | |
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C19
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C21
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Rotary Photographic Series. C21 is H. R. Barraud's c1879 portrait, and C22 features Down House with Barraud's portrait as an inset. |
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| C23 |  |
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Barraud's c1879 portrait again, issued by J. Beagles & Co., Ltd. in 1908 or later (Beagles became a limited company in 1908). |
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| C24 |
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Postmarked 1908, should read Down House. Down village became Downe in the mid 19th c. to distinguish itself from N. Ireland's County Down, but the house retained the original spelling [15]. | ||
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USA |
C25 |
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The Elliott & Fry c1880 photo again. Printed in Germany, issued in the USA. | |
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C26
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Bust of unknown origin. |
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C27
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Portrait of unknown origin. |
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C28
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Based on the 1881 J. Collier painting. | ||
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1916-1935 |
UK |
C29 |
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Scenes around Darwin's home in Downe, including his "thinking path" the Sandwalk, and the replica of the 1881 J. Collier painting which hangs in Down House. Issued by the British Association for the Advancement of Science. |
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| C31 |
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| C33 |  |
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The Shrewsbury Library statue again, postmarked 21 July 1928. A more recent photo of the statue is here. | ||
| C34 |
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Three more reproductions of the 1881 J. Collier painting. | ||
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C35
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USA |
C36
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1952 |
USSR |
C37 |
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Reproduction of a c1874 photo [6] by Darwin's son Leonard. |
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1957 |
C38
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Portrait based on 1878 photo [7] by Lock & Whitfield. | |
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c1958 |
UK |
C39
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Two more postcards of the Shrewsbury Library statue. A more recent photo of the statue is here. |
| c1968 |
C40
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c1980 |
C41
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The 1881 J. Collier painting, and scenes of the study, hall, and rear of Down House. From the collection of Philip Titheradge, who served as Custodian of Down House from 1975 to 1989 [20]. | |
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C42
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C43
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C44
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1982 |
UK |
C45
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Issued concurrently with four Royal Mail stamps commemorating the centenary of Darwin's death. C45-48 depict these stamps, which incorporate the Elliott & Fry c1880 photo. C49-52 depict Darwin's travels in the Galapagos. C53 reproduces an 1874 lithograph [9] by F. Betbeder. |
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C46
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C47
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C48
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C49
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C50
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C51
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C52
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C53
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| 1982-84 | Germany |
C54
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German postal stationary commemorating Darwin and Huxley. C54 depicts Darwin's sketch of a phylogenetic tree, a quote translated from the Origin ("Light will be thrown on the origin of man and his history"), and an 11 November 1982 postmark depicting an 1840 painting [18] by G. Richmond. C55 features an 1871 lithograph of Huxley, and a 9 January 1984 postmark based on an 1857 photo [6]. |
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C55
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*Country from which card was acquired; issuing country unknown
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