Charles Robert Darwin (1809–1882), Fellow Commoner, Writer of 'The Origin of Species' (1859) and 'The Descent of Man' (1871)
In the quiet, shadowed corridors of scientific history, few faces command as much reverence as that of Charles Robert Darwin. In Walter William Ouless’s 1883 masterpiece, we are not merely presented with a likeness of the man who authored The Origin of Species; we are invited into the very crucible of his thought. This oil on canvas portrait serves as a profound psychological study, capturing the weight of discovery and…












