Briton Riviere to Charles Darwin (22nd May, 1872)

Briton Riviere to Charles Darwin (22nd May, 1872)

Engravings were more expensive to print than photographs: but animal expressions were more difficult to capture. The most famous of the artists Darwin engaged to illustrate Expression was Briton Riviere, an animal painter who in 1871 was working for the satirical magazine Punch. His drawings of dogs were revised several times at Darwin’s request – there are at least ten letters between Darwin and Riviere over the course of two months concerning the drawings.

CUL DAR 176: 178

22 May 1872

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