Evolution Collection

Palaeontology, c1910. Creator: Unknown
Palaeontology, c1910. Palaeontology, the scientific study of life forms existing in the past though examination of fossils, plants, animals, and organisms

Mammals, c1910. Creator: Unknown
Mammals, c1910. Vertebrate animals characterized by the presence of mammary glands which in females produce milk for feeding. The basic body type is quadruped

Fishes, c1910. Creator: Unknown
Fishes, c1910. Species of vertebrate animals found in fresh and salt waters and almost all aquatic environments

The Beautiful Dragonflys Life Story, 1935
The Beautiful Dragonflys Life Story, . From The Popular Science Educator, Volume 2, edited by Charles Ray. [The Amalgamated Press, Ltd. London]

HMS Beagle laid ashore, Rio Santa Cruz, Patagonia, South America, 1834 (1839). The Beagle, commanded by Robert Fitzroy, set sail on a 5-year voyage around the world in December 1831

Charles Darwin, English naturalist, 1871. Darwin (1809-1882) was employed as naturalist on HMS Beagle from 1831-1836. He first made his name as a geologist

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Charles Darwin, 1870s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of Charles Darwin, 1870s, (2023). Darwin (1809-1882), English naturalist, geologist and biologist, is best known for his contributions to the science of evolution

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Charles Darwin, 1870s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of Charles Darwin, 1870s, (2023). English naturalist, geologist and biologist, is best known for his contributions to the science of evolution

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Charles Darwin, 1870s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of Charles Darwin, 1870s, (2023). English naturalist, geologist and biologist, is best known for his contributions to the science of evolution

Thomas Henry Huxley, British biologist, c1890. Artist: W&D Downey
Thomas Henry Huxley, British biologist, c1890. Huxley (1825-1895) was a prominent supporter of Darwin in the controversy that raged over his theory of evolution in the 19th century

Thomas Henry Huxley, British biologist, at his desk, c1880. Huxley (1825-1895) was a prominent supporter of Darwin in the controversy that raged over his theory of evolution in the 19th century

Thomas Henry Huxley, English biologist, 1883. Huxley (1825-1895) was a prominent supporter of Darwin in the controversy that raged over his theory of evolution in the 19th century

Thomas, Henry Huxley, English biologist, 1877. Artist: Lock & Whitfield
Thomas, Henry Huxley, English biologist, 1877. Huxley (1825-1895) was a prominent supporter of Darwin in the controversy that raged over his theory of evolution in the 19th century. From Men of Mark

Richard Owen, English zoologist, 1884. Artist: Edward Linley Sambourne
Richard Owen, English zoologist, 1884. After qualifying and practising as a surgeon, Owen (1804-1892) made major contributions in the fields of anatomy and paleontology

Thomas Henry Huxley, British biologist, 1871. Huxley (1823-1883) at the time of his presidency of the British Association for the Advancement of Science

Water Baby being examined by Richard Owen and T. H. Huxley. Artist: Edward Linley Sambourne
Water Baby being examined by Richard Owen and T.H. Huxley. Tom, a run-away chimney sweeps boy, who falls into river and becomes a Water Baby, being examined by Richard Owen (left) and T.H. Huxley

Montage of Ecclesiastical Figures Posed in Political Satire, 1860s. Creator: Unknown
Montage of Ecclesiastical Figures Posed in Political Satire, 1860s. [Rev. J. Tweed, Rev. W. Ince, Rev. J.P. Lightfoot, G. Ridding, Rev. Wollaston, Rev. Tozer, Rev. A. Lowe, Rec. C.E. Hammond]

[The Lord Bishop of Winchester, Samuel Wilberforce], October 1872

George Louis Le Clerc, Comte De Buffon, 1774. Creator: Jacobus Houbraken
George Louis Le Clerc, Comte De Buffon, 1774. Portrait of French naturalist Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte du Buffon (1707-1778)

The Different Zones of Vegetation, 1935. From The Popular Science Educator, Volume 2, edited by Charles Ray. [The Amalgamated Press, Ltd. London]

The Story of the Largest British Beetle, 1935. From The Popular Science Educator, Volume 2, edited by Charles Ray. [The Amalgamated Press, Ltd. London]

The Succession of Life in the Rocks, 1935
The Succession of Life in the Rocks, . From The Popular Science Educator, Volume 1, edited by Charles Ray. [The Amalgamated Press, Ltd. London, ]

Reproduction of the Jaws of Banyoles, jaw of a pre-neanderthal found in 1887 by Pere Alsius in a quarry of the Pla de la Formiga (Porqueras)

The Protagonists of Dayton, Tennessee, USA, 1925. American lawyers Clarence Darrow (1857-1938) and William Jennings Bryan (1860-1925) at the Scopes Trial

The Evolution of a Caterpillar, c1910, (1911). Artist: Alfred Harold Bastin
The Evolution of a Caterpillar, c1910, (1911). From Bibbys Annual 1911, [J. Bibby & Sons, Liverpool, 1911]

Charles Darwin (1809-1882), 1883, (1912). Artist: John Maler Collier
Charles Darwin 1883, (1809-1882), (1912). Painting held at The National Portrait Gallery, London. From Bibbys Annual 1912, [J. Bibby & Sons, Liverpool, 1912]

Erasmus Darwin, English physician and naturalist, (c1819). Artist: Holl
Erasmus Darwin, English physician and naturalist, (c1819). Erasmus Darwin (1731-1802) was the grandfather of Charles Darwin and Francis Galton

Darwins study at Down House, his home near Beckenham, Kent, 1883. Darwin (1809-1882) was employed as naturalist on HMS Beagle from 1831-1836

Diagram giving comparisons of thirteen sizes of paper from Foolscap 8vo to Double Crown, 1919. From The British Printer Vol. XXXII. [Raithby, Lawrence & Co. Ltd, London and Leicester, 1919]

Charles Darwin, taken from a series of cigarette cards, 1935
Charles Darwin. From the painting by the Hon. John Collier, at the National Portrait Gallery. Taken from a series of cigarette cards entitled Celebrities of British History produced by Carreas Ltd

Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895), English biologist, 1890. Artist: W&D Downey
Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895), English biologist, 1890. Huxley was known as Darwins Bulldog for his advocacy of Charles Darwins theory of evolution

Natural Selection, 1871. Artist: Coide
Natural Selection, 1871. A caricature of British naturlist Charles Darwin (1809-1882). Darwin started his career on board the HMS Beagle and spent six years surveying the South American seas

Natures evolutionary designs in noses, 1922. From Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume I: Abyssinia to the British Empire

Evolution of ManArtist: Karen Humpage
Evolution of Man

The evolution of the bicycle, 19th century, (c1920). The Kirkpatrick bicycle, 1839; Phantom bicycle, 1869; Bicyclette, 1879; Otto Dicycle, 1881; Kangaroo bicycle, 1884, and the Rudge, 1884

A Typical Nidicolous Nestling - Three Stages. Blackbird, c1910, (1910). Artist: George James Rankin
A Typical Nidicolous Nestling - Three Stages. Blackbird, c1910, (1910). From Britains Birds and Their Nests, by A. Landsborough Thomson. [The Waverley Book Company, Limited, W. & R

Charles Darwin (1809-1882), British naturalist, 1924
Charles Darwin (1809-1882), British naturalist. Darwin started his career on board the HMS Beagle and spent six years surveying the South American seas

Charles Darwin, 19th century British naturalist, (20th century). Darwin (1809-1882) was employed as naturalist on HMS Beagle from 1831-1836

Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, French naturalist, (20th century). Lamarck (1744-1829) formulated the doctrine of Transformism (also known as Lamarckism)

Thomas Henry Huxley, English biologist, c1890. Artist: Cassell, Petter & Galpin
Thomas Henry Huxley, English biologist, c1890. Huxley (1825-1895) was known as Darwins bulldog because of his ardent support of Darwins theory of evolution

Buffon, 19th century. Artist: Hart
Buffon, 19th century. George-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, French naturalist. Author of the encyclopedic 44-volume Histoire Naturelle

Thomas Henry Huxley, British biologist, c1870s. Huxley (1825-1895) was known as Darwins bulldog because of his ardent support of Darwins theory of evolution

Base of the skull, 1848. Comparison of a Negro (native of Kongo), Chilamache native American (from Louisiana), and Chinese (from Canton)

Three types of human skull, 1848. Comparison of a Negro (native of Kongo), Chilamache native American (from Louisiana), and Chinese (from Canton)

Ancient Cimbrian, Esthonian Finn, Lappe, 1848. An engraving from the Natural History of Man, by James Cowles Prichard, (Hippolyte Bailliere, London, third edition, 1848)

Human and orang-utan skulls, 1848. Illustrations of the base of the skull. An engraving from the Natural History of Man, by James Cowles Prichard, (Hippolyte Bailliere, London, third edition, 1848)

Lateral view of the skull or profile, 1848. Comparison of the skulls of European and African humans with those of the chimpanzee and orang-utan

The vertical configuration of the skull, 1848. Comparison of Caucasian, Mongole, Negro and Titicacan skulls. During the 19th century

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