Aquarium, Westminster. March 30, 1887
Date1887
Object GeographyUSA
CultureAmerican
MediumInk on paper
ClassificationEphemera
Credit LineTibbals Circus Collection
Object numberht4002837
Darwin’s theories also pervaded popular culture and performance. At the Egyptian Hall in Piccadilly, audiences witnessed a human oddity billed as ‘The Missing Link’ between man and ape (in actuality a child covered in a fine layer of hair), an attraction that supposed to validate evolutionary theory and aided in reaffirming man’s status atop the evolutionary chain.
On View
Not on viewMATTED: 16 × 11 in. (40.6 × 27.9 cm)
SHEET: 8 3/4 × 5 3/4 in. (22.2 × 14.6 cm)
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