GILL, André
(b. 1840, Paris, d. 1885, Charenton)

Caricature of Émile Littré and Charles Darwin

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Hand-coloured engraving
Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris

This engraving shows a caricature of Émile Littré (1801-1881), a French lexicographer and philosopher, and Charles Darwin (1809-1882) the English biologist, depicted as performing monkeys breaking through gullibility ("credulité"), superstitions, errors, and ignorance.