'Prehistoric Peeps: A Night Lecture on Evolution', 1894. Artist: Edward Tennyson Reed

'Prehistoric Peeps: A Night Lecture on Evolution', 1894.  Artist: Edward Tennyson Reed

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'Prehistoric Peeps: A Night Lecture on Evolution', 1894. Satirical cartoon showing creatures halfway between men and monkeys listening to a lecture. The lectern is in the form of a pteradoctyl. Nearly forty years after Charles Darwin (1809-1882) published his theory of evolution the subject was still one of popular interest. From Punch. (London, 23 June 1894).


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People Information

Creator
  1. Edward Tennyson Reed, attributed to: British: Artist, illustrator, cartoonist, satirist
People Related
  1. Charles Darwin: British: Naturalist, geologist and biologist

Medium
  1. Engraving

Picture Type
  1. Satire

Category Hierarchy

Science & Nature Animal Life

Religion & Belief Christianity

Society & Culture Education

Artistic Representations Satires

History & Politics Other


Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 5341x3268
File Size : 51,136kb


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  1. 006657
  1. 006657
  1. 0460001597
  1. 1-158-761
  1. 1158761
  1. 1597

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