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'The Meeting of the (Royal) Zoological Society, Hanover Square', London, 1885. Artist: Harry Furniss
/1158227.jpg "'The Meeting of the (Royal) Zoological Society, Hanover Square', London, 1885. Artist: Harry Furniss")
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'The Meeting of the Zoological Society, Hanover Square', London, 1885. The naturalist Richard Owen (1804-1892) is in the left foreground, next to Mr Punch, holding an Apteryx bursting from its egg. Owen was the first to coin the term dinosaur to describe the fossilized reptiles that had been discovered. He was a committed opponent of Charles Darwin and his theory of evolution. Cartoon from Punch. (London, 23 May 1885).
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Creator
- Harry Furniss, attributed to: {British}: Artist, illustrator, caricaturist
Subject
- Richard Owen: British: Superintendent of the British Museum's Natural History Department, naturalist, zoologist
People Related
- Charles Darwin: British: Naturalist, geologist and biologist
Geographic Hierarchy
World Europe United Kingdom England Greater London London
- 51 30 51 N , 000 05 35 W
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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4346x4016
File Size : 51,134kb
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- 006794
- 006794
- 0460000664
- 1-158-227
- 1158227
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