Historical Portrait
[Portrait of Charles Darwin]
![[Portrait of Charles Darwin], 1870 (Library of Congress)](/api/img/portrait-of-charles-darwin-1870-pkZrI9kmb2HJWKM1HN56.jpg)
Archive record
1 photographic print : albumen ; 11 1/2 x 9 in. (29.3 x 23 cm.)
About this photograph
This albumen print portrait of Charles Darwin was made by Julia Margaret Cameron in 1870. The photograph measures approximately 11½ by 9 inches.
No further information about the sitting or the circumstances of this portrait has been recorded in the archive. The relationship between photographer and subject, Darwin's reasons for sitting for Cameron, and any details about where or when during 1870 the photograph was taken remain undocumented here.
Compiled from the catalogue record and reference notes on the formats and events involved. The archive record above is the primary source.
Rights & Attribution
Credit: Library of Congress
Reuse: Public domain. Free to download, print, edit and republish, commercially or otherwise. How rights work in this archive.
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