Modification by humans of wild forms of animals or plants for coexistence with them

Charles Darwin, The variation of animals and

A woman sewing in a pleasant domestic interior, her baby sleeps sweetly in its cradle. Aquatint by J. Sartain after G. Dou.

1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; sheet 59.6 x 41.8 cm

Villagers tending to their daily cleaning tasks; importance of domestic hygiene in Ethiopia. Colour lithograph for Amref, ca. 2000.

La production animale et végétale : études faites à l'exposition universelle de 1867.

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Villagers tending to their daily cleaning tasks; importance of domestic hygiene in Ethiopia. Colour lithograph for Amref, ca. 2000.

A woman sewing in a pleasant domestic interior, her baby sleeps sweetly in its cradle. Aquatint by J. Sartain after G. Dou.

Charles Darwin, The variation of animals and

Charles Darwin, The variation of animals and

La production animale et végétale : études faites à l'exposition universelle de 1867.