RECORD: Way, Albert. [c.1828]. [2 sketches of Darwin riding beetles.] CUL-DAR204.29. (Cite as: John van Wyhe ed., 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed and edited by John van Wyhe 3.2026. RN1
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Two humorous ink sketches of Darwin riding giant beetles by fellow Cambridge undergraduate Albert Way, with captions "Darwin & his hobby." and "Go it Charlie!". The joke in this instance being Darwin's obsession with collecting beetles as an undergraduate at Christ's College, Cambridge. See some of Darwin's beetle captures here. See John van Wyhe, Caricatures of Charles Darwin.
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DARWIN & his HOBBY.
Go it Charlie!
To Cambs I
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Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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