Darwin’s views are often misrepresented to the point of caricature, as we all know, but there have also been plenty of examples of literal caricature of Darwin in the popular media. I recently gave some talks about evolutionary imagery, which included popular press cartoons from the 1800s that had a common theme of caricaturing Darwin as a chimp or having non-human apes exhibiting human characteristics and behaviour. This seems like as good a day as any (the 150th anniversary of the Origin, and all) to post my collection for your enjoyment.
[album: http://www.genomicron.evolverzone.com/images/albums/DarwinCaricature/]
This was back from July:
http://transcribingtyndall.wordpress.com/2009/07/22/19th-century-caricature-prints-with-tyndall/
Discusses two caricature prints featuring John Tyndall, with Darwin as a monkey in one and Tyndall, Huxley, Owen, and Hooker as monkeys in the other. I refer to Browne’s article as well.
The Primate Diaries recently posted a bunch of Darwin-ape caricatures:
http://scienceblogs.com/primatediaries/2009/11/the_giants_shoulders_-_darwin.php
Great — appreciate the links!