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Picture No 10472296
Date 1860s
Description Origin Species, CH Bennett, grieving man - crocodile
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'A crocodile's tears'. Satire on Darwin's 'Origin of Species' showing the evolution of a crying, grieving man from a crocodile. Fresh from the funeral of a friend this mans tears conceal an ulterior motive. From crocodile to snake in the grass, which evolves into a burst money bag which in turn evolves into his tears which are about to snuff out the burning candle on his table (thus long will his grief last)
Source Charles H Bennett in The Origin of Species dedicated to Charles Darwin. Character Sketches and Development drawings
Credit Mary Evans Picture Library
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