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Awful Changes

A cartoon, published in 1830, 28 years before Darwin's Origin Of Species, lampooning theories of evolution. Entitled Awful Changes, it depicts an Ichthyosaurus giving a lecture on a human skull, descibing how its characteristics indicate that man was of the lower order of animals'. He continues: The teeth are very insignificant, the power of the jaws trifling, and altogether it seems wonderful how the creature could have procured food'. Drawn and engraved by H.T. de la Beche (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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University of Oxford. College of the University

University of Oxford. College of the University and Queen's College. Illustration in Vues d'Optique (Perspective Views). Images to be seen through a zograscope, kind of magnifying glass that offered a sense of depth. Published in Paris h. From 1750 to 1800. Engraving

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James Figg - advertisment illustrated by William Hogarth, c. 1729/30 for instructor in swordsmanship. Caption: Master of the

James Figg - advertisment illustrated by William Hogarth, c. 1729/30 for instructor in swordsmanship. Caption: Master of the Noble Science of Defense on the right hand in Oxford Road near Adam & Eve court, teaches Gentle men the use of small backsword & Quarterstaff at home & abroad. JF: English bare-knuckle boxer and swordsman, 1695 - 1734

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