 Emma Wedgewood. 1840. Watercolour by George Richmond. She married Darwin in 1839. |
1840 watercolour by George Richmond. Darwin was 31 |
1842
Daguerrotype studio portrait, with William,
his first born, seemingly wearing a dress.
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After several fruitless searches in Surrey and elsewhere, we found this house and purchased it... Few persons can have lived a more retired life than we have done. |
Down House, bought
in
1842 - viewed from the garden.
The
gardens, Down
House.
The verandah.
Darwin would relax and read here each afternoon.
The
gardens, Down
House.
The verandah.Darwin would relax and read here each afternoon.
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My chief enjoyment and sole employment throughout life has been scientific work; and the excitement from such work makes me for the time forget, or drives quite away, my daily discomfort. |
'The
Study at Down.' 
Lithograph, from 'Century
Magazine.' The small basket where Darwin's white fox-terrier, 'Polly'
slept can be seen under his desk..
As it is today, beautifully preserved by English Heritage.
1849
Engraving
after a lithograph by Y. Maguire.
Lithograph, from 'Century
Magazine.' The small basket where Darwin's white fox-terrier, 'Polly'
slept can be seen under his desk..
As it is today, beautifully preserved by English Heritage.
1849
Engraving
after a lithograph by Y. Maguire. 
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'The three wise men.'
Hooker, Lyell and
Darwin.
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In
October
1838.. I
happened to
read for amusement
Malthus on Population, and being well prepared to appreciate the struggle for existence which everywhere goes on from long- continued observation of the habits of animals and plants, it at once struck me that under these circumstances favourable variations would tend to be preserved, and unfavourable ones to be destroyed. The results of this would be the formation of a new species. Here, then I had at last got a theory by which to work. |
