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Portrait of Thomas Henry Huxley PC FRS (1825 -1895) who was an English biologist (anatomist), known as "Darwin's Bulldog" for his advocacy of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. Huxley was made Assistant Surgeon ('surgeon's mate') to HMS Rattlesnake, about to start for a voyage of discovery and surveying to New Guinea and Australia.
Jose Maria Mora (circa 1850-1926) was a successful Cuban portrait photographer working in New York.
Card slightly unevenly cut. Reverse blank.