Darwin's scientific research Gallery

Barnacles K970315

DOWN HOUSE, Kent. Plate I "Balanus Tintinnabulum" showing barnacles from "A Monograph on the Sub Class Cirripedia" by Charles Darwin

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Darwin, Illustration, Victorian

Down House, cupboard under the stairs J980016

DOWN HOUSE, Kent. Interior view. Items stored in the cupboard under the stairs. For many years Darwin was too reticent to publish his theory and so hid his papers in the cupboard under the stairs in an envelope marked Only to be opened in the event of my death

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Artefact, Darwin

Mocking Bird K030079

DOWN HOUSE, Kent. Coloured engraving of Mocking Bird "Mimus Trifasciatus". "The Zoology of the Voyage of HMS Beagle Part III Birds" Plate XVI

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Bird, Darwin, Engraving, Illustration