Charles Robert Darwin. Etching by P.A. Rajon, ca. 1877, after W.W. Ouless, 1875.

1877

1 print : etching ; platemark 49.8 x 37 cm

Select images of this work were taken by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum: WT/D/1/20/1/101/95

Rajon aq. fort. In this state, "Rajon aq. fort." is etched in centre of plate below the portrait. The etching of the portrait is roughly worked

State I.

Henri Béraldi, Les graveurs du XIXe siècle: guide de l'amateur d'estampes modernes, vol. XI, Paris 1891, p. 165, no. 147 ("Portrait capital, dont les épreuves de choix se vendent de 500 a 1200 francs. Les premières épreuves ont, comme d'usage, des remarques sur les marges")

Wellcome Collection 562360i