OWEN (Sir Richard, 1804-1892, anatomist and zoologist, creator of the Natural History Museum at South Kensington and inventor of the name 'Dinosaur')

Fine Autograph Letter Signed to G. T. DOO (George Thomas, 1800-1886, Engraver) telling him that the "proof of your excellent engraving of Pickersgill's Cuvier reached me in safety and I have just received it from the frame-maker. Having been acquainted with Cuvier about the period when the likeness which you have perpetuated and diffused was taken I contemplate it with peculiar satisfaction. I am sure that the President & Council would consider your proposed donation a valuable accession to the series of prints of eminent anatomists & medical men already in the Institution. Will you inform me how I may remit you that which I am indebted to you for my impression ...", 2 sides 8vo., 6 Park Cottages, Village East, Regents Park, 11th March

Owen was a biologist, comparative anatomist and paleontologist. Despite being a controversial figure, Owen is generally considered to have been an outstanding naturalist with a remarkable gift for interpreting fossils.
In 1836 Doo was made Engraver in Ordinary to William IV, and later to Queen Victoria.

Item Date:  1841

Stock No:  39778