this is what I'm talking about
Ernst Haeckel and assistant, Nicolaus von Miclucho-Maclay in Canary Islands 1866.
My friend's idea of "gentleman entomologists." The details are exquisite, especially von Miclucho-Maclay's habitus: aerial net in one hand, bayonet in the other, full beard, glaring eyes that could stare down a stampeding elephant...which reminds me of the time I came across my first brain-boring beetle...
Isn't that Gary Oldman on the left?
Posted by Alex on February 27, 2009 at 11:25 AM EST #
Ha ha ha! Perfectly cast! So weird. What's disturbing is that I have a picture of me as an undergrad looking EXACTLY like Nicolaus (sans the classy outfit). It was my dark and mysterious (and potential-mate repelling) phase.
Posted by ardeans on February 27, 2009 at 02:18 PM EST #