Charles Darwin, The expression of the emotions in man and animals (London, 1872)

Charles Darwin, The expression of the emotions in man and animals (London, 1872)

In March 1871, Darwin also contacted the German-born painter and illustrator, Josef Wolf (1820–99), a specialist on animals who had arrived in London in 1848 and had already illustrated many natural history publications. Darwin had asked the Regent’s Park zoo director to recommend an artist to draw the zoo’s macaque, as he had been informed that the monkey could laugh. Wolf’s illustrations representing a Niger Macaque emphasised the money’s kinship to humans.

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