Detail View: Rylands Collection: Charles Darwin in the form of an ape

Image Number: 
JRL0914880dc
Reference Number: 
R145402
Image Title: 
Charles Darwin in the form of an ape
Parent Work Title: 
Scrapbook
Creator: 
Betbeder, Faustin
Creator Role: 
Artist
Date Created: 
1874
Description: 
Caricature: Body of an ape with the head of Charles Darwin. Charles Darwin is holding a mirror to another ape. Originally published in 'The London Sketch Book', April 1874 Vol 1, No. 4. Handwritten inscription relating to quotes from Shakespeare's "Love's Labours Lost".
Language Code: 
eng-GB
Subject: 
Cartoons
Subject: 
English literature
Subject: 
Evolution
Subject: 
Apes
Category of Material: 
Archives
Technique Used: 
Handwriting
Technique Used: 
Lithography
Time Period Covered: 
19th Century CE
People Covered: 
Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882
Current Repository: 
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance: 
E. L. Burney Collection
Rights Holder - Image: 
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work: 
The University of Manchester Library
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd): 
2009-03-05
Image Creation Technique: 
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm): 
2010-05
Metadata Language: 
eng-GB