Darwin Family Photograph Album

Album of photographs of portraits, sketches and prints of the Darwin family, starting with Sir Charles Sedley, and ending with Charles Darwin. The images date from the mid 19th Century onwards. With typescript captions explaining family links.

Contains the following:

Catherine Sedley, later Lady Portmore

Sir Charles Sedley

Sir David Colyear, 1st Lord Portmore

Charles Colyear, 2nd Lord Portmore

painting of Elston Hall, "the original home of the Darwins"

painting of Heydon Hall, "home of the Earles"

Erasmus Earle

Thomas Earle

William Darwin

Robert Darwin

Elizabeth Hill

Robert Darwin

Thomas Foley

Charles Sacheverell Darwin and Violetta Darwin with a sibling

painting of Breadshall Priory, home of Erasmus Darwin

Erasmus Darwin's visiting card

Erasmus Darwin

Erasmus Darwin's memorial in Lichfield Cathedral

Detail of Erasmus Darwin's memorial in Lichfield Cathedral

Poem from Erasmus Darwin to Elizabeth Collier (Mrs Chandos Pole, later Mrs Erasmus Darwin)

Elizabeth Collier

Silhouette of Elizabeth Collier

Copy of the signature of Elizabeth Darwin nee Collier

Dr Robert Waring Darwin (1766-1848)

Robert Waring Darwin of Elston (1724-1816)

Susanna Wedgwood

William Alvey Darwin

Francis Sacheverel Darwin

Erasmus Darwin

Francis Sacheverel Darwin

Charles Darwin

19th Century-Early 20th Century

31 photographs plus 1 visiting card

A digitised copy is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.

The papers are available at UCL Special Collections and Archives subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.

The original material is held at UCL Special Collections. This catalogue is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.