| Description | 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 |