# Caricature of Émile Littré and Charles Darwin

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## Artwork

- Artist: [GILL, André](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/gill-andr-r6e65a6f39ced87>)
- Date: 1851-1900
- Technique: Hand-coloured engraving

## Commentary

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 \(&#34;credulité&#34;\), superstitions, errors, and ignorance.

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- [Boulevard Montmartre in Paris](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/gill-andr-r6e65a6f39ced87/boulevard-montmartre-in-paris-r81bc7ae46cef58>)
- [Caricature of Léon Gambetta](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/gill-andr-r6e65a6f39ced87/caricature-of-lon-gambetta-r3c3d7206d47008>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)