'Darwinian Ancestor', 1887. Artist: George du Maurier

'Darwinian Ancestor', 1887. Artist: George du Maurier

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'Darwinian Ancestor', 1887. Charles Darwin (1809-1882) said to the Scottish geologist Charles Lyell (1797-1875) Our ancestor was an animal which breathed water, had a swim-bladder, a great swimming tail, and an imperfect skull. Interpretation of the disturbing idea by Edward Linley Sambourne from Punch. (London, 10 December 1887).


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  1. George du Maurier, attributed to: French; British; English: Artist, illustrator, writer
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  1. Charles Darwin: British: Naturalist, geologist and biologist

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  1. Wood engraving

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  1. Caricature

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