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Image number: RS.10029
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‘The Bush-tailed Monkey’
Date
1761
Creator
George Edwards (1694 - 1773, British) , Ornithologist
Object type
Library reference
38029
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 288mm
width (print): 220mm
width (print): 220mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Zoological study of a monkey, possibly a tufted capuchin Sapajus apella, although Edwards identifies the animal as being from Surinam. The monkey is shown seated on a stone slab and holding fruit.
Plate 312 from chapter 102 of Gleanings of natural history, exhibiting figures of quadrupeds, birds, insects, plants, &c..., by George Edwards, volume 3 (London, for the author, 1764). The author describes the animal within the text: “This Monkey was about the size of a half-grown Cat: it was a male, without any signs of viciousness...This little Monkey is said to be a native of Surinam. It was presented to me by my worthy friend Capt. John Dobson, of Rotherhithe, who being Captain of a private ship of war, took it in an enemy’s ship returning from the West Indies A.D. 1759...”
The plate is inscribed: “The little Bush-tailed Monkey, from Surinam. Drawn from Life, by George Edwards, October 28 1761.”
Plate 312 from chapter 102 of Gleanings of natural history, exhibiting figures of quadrupeds, birds, insects, plants, &c..., by George Edwards, volume 3 (London, for the author, 1764). The author describes the animal within the text: “This Monkey was about the size of a half-grown Cat: it was a male, without any signs of viciousness...This little Monkey is said to be a native of Surinam. It was presented to me by my worthy friend Capt. John Dobson, of Rotherhithe, who being Captain of a private ship of war, took it in an enemy’s ship returning from the West Indies A.D. 1759...”
The plate is inscribed: “The little Bush-tailed Monkey, from Surinam. Drawn from Life, by George Edwards, October 28 1761.”
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