| RefNo | S/0025 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Maquette of Darwin, Charles Robert |
| Artist | Pearson, Jemma |
| Date | 2001 |
| Description | Full figure maquette of Darwin depicted as a relatively young man in the period of his travels on HMS Beagle. He carries his notebook, waterflask, hat, geological hammers, stick and pistol. His pockets and collecting satchel are full of specimens. His setting is an outcrop of Galapagos volcanic rock with the accompanying fauna of marine iguanas, crabs and a Darwin finch. |
| ObjectName | Sculpture |
| Materials | Bronze on wooden base |
| Dimensions | 100cm x 52cm x 44cm ; 55kg |
| Notes | Bronze Founder is Chris Butler, Castle Fine Arts Foundry, Powys, Wales. |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| Copyright | Copyright is owned by the artist Jemma Pearson |
| Provenance | Purchased from the artist in November 2001 |
| RelatedMaterial | Colour photograph |
| Copies | 5th of 9 maquettes made, one third of the size of the original |
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8196 | Darwin; Charles Robert (1809 - 1882); naturalist | 1809 - 1882 |