Young Charles Darwin in the Galapagos Islands

 

 

This piece shows the basic elements of Darwin’s legendary journey to the Galapagos Islands: the tortoise, the finch hidden in the brush, and the ship, the HMS Beagle.

Medium : Gouache on illustration board

Image Size : 9 ⅝" x 16 ¼"

Circa : Original Illustration for The Golden Book of Biology, 1961 pg 66