Null Portrait, possibly Charles Darwin at the age of 40 - 19th Century English S…

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Portrait, possibly Charles Darwin at the age of 40 - 19th Century English School Oil on canvas measures: 106 x 84 cm, measures with frame: 120 x 100 cm

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Portrait, possibly Charles Darwin at the age of 40 - 19th Century English School Oil on canvas measures: 106 x 84 cm, measures with frame: 120 x 100 cm

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Attributed to Charles Henri Michel (1817-1905). Portrait of Nicolas Félix Harlé, aged 22 in 1810. Charcoal. Handwritten annotation on reverse: "copie faite par son gendre Mr Michel en 1899". Size : 57x46 cm. Also included: - Attributed to Charles Henri Michel (1817-1905). Portrait of Félicité Rosalie Masson, age 83. Charcoal and pencil. Handwritten annotation on reverse "copie faite par Mr Michel père en 1900." Dimensions: 18.4x14 cm. - After Charles Henri Michel (1817-1905). Portrait of Nicolas-Félix Harlé (1788-1859). Oval view lithograph. Dimensions: 26.5x22 cm. The original of this painting, by the painter Michel, is kept at the Alfred Danicourt Museum in Péronne. Nicolas-Félix Harlé (1788-1859), deputy for the Somme from 1831 to 1836, sitting in the majority supporting the July Monarchy. Félicité Rosalie Masson (1760-1838), wife of Nicolas Harlé, and mother of Nicolas-Félix Harlé. Charles Henri Michel (1817-1905), painter from Péronne, pupil of Auguste Dehaussy. In 1854, he married Célanie Harlé, daughter of Nicolas-Félix Harlé.

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DARWIN, Charles Robert (1809-1882), British naturalist and paleontologist. Autograph letter signed, addressed to "My dear Sir", dated "Jan. 31'". 2 pages in-8, printed header: "Down, / Beckenham, Kent / Railway Station / Orpington. S. E. R.". He deplores the fact that Beckenham is a long way away, "7 [...] miles from this place", and details the best route for his correspondent, who is apparently coming to visit him; he then suggests a timetable to be agreed. Later ms. note in ink on v°: "Darwin". Provenance: José Pérez de Barradas y Alvarez de Eulate (Cadiz, October 3, 1897 - Madrid, January 30, 1981), Spanish prehistorian and anthropologist, by descent. His collection included letters addressed to the Spanish anthropologist, zoologist and geologist Antonio Machado y Núñez (1815-1896), professor in Cadiz, Seville and Madrid, who was one of the main introducers and advocates of Darwinism in Spain.

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