Ludmilla Jordanova, Darwin's universal impact, Mon 6 July
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The Impact of Images of Darwin
Professor Ludmilla Jordanova (Department of History, King’s College London) Summary: Millions of people can recognize the figure of Charles Darwin. My brief presentation examines some portraits of him, and considers their impact. I am particularly interested in his connections with John Collier, Huxley’s son-in-law, who produced one of the most memorable images of him, and with Marion, Collier’s wife, who sketched him informally. |
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Created: | 2009-10-15 14:27 |
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Collection: | Darwin Festival 2009 |
Publisher: | University of Cambridge |
Copyright: | University of Cambridge, Darwin Festival 2009 |
Language: | eng (English) |
Keywords: | Ludmilla; Jordanova; images; Darwin; figure; presentation; portraits; Huxley; John; Colier; material; culture; visual; art; history; gender; family; national; portrait; gallery; |
Abstract: | Biography: Ludmilla Jordanova has been Professor of Modern History at King’s College London, since January 2006. Previously, she has held posts at the Universities of Cambridge, East Anglia, York, Essex and Oxford. Her early work was on Lamarck, about whom she wrote a short introductory text that was published in 1984. She is a Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery in London, and has been working on portraiture since the early 1990s. She curated an exhibition in 2000 on images of practitioners of science, medicine and technology, and wrote an accompanying book, Defining Features. She has also published on the practice of history, gender, sexuality and the family, and visual and material culture. |
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