Young Darwin’s watercolor on the HMS Beagle
The recently identified watercolor represents the chaotic scenes of the expedition and how Darwin’s crewmates complain about the mess on deck. It may simply be a joke by the crew, but it is a very valuable document to better understand young Darwin’s journey.
A young Darwin made the HMS Beagle famous during one of his naturalistic trips. Now, the auction house Sotheby’s shows a drawing made by one of the crew members that shows a daily scene of that expedition.
The recently identified watercolor represents the chaotic scenes of the expedition and how Darwin’s crewmates complain about the mess on deck. It may simply be a joke by the crew, but it is a very valuable document to better understand young Darwin’s journey.
