Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.10168
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‘Young Rhesus Monkey’
Date
1833
Creator
William Home Lizars (1788 - 1859, British) , Artist
Object type
Library reference
10552
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 288mm
width (print): 220mm
width (print): 220mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Zoological study of the rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta), native to south and southeast Asia. Depicted in a collar and chain, the animal has its arms extended. There is a house and forest landscape behind with mountains in the far distance.
Illustration from the title page of The natural history of monkeys, by Sir William Jardine (Edinburgh, 1833) The Naturalist’s Library. Mammalia. Vol.1.
The plate is inscribed: “Young Rhesus Monkey. Lizars sc.”
Illustration from the title page of The natural history of monkeys, by Sir William Jardine (Edinburgh, 1833) The Naturalist’s Library. Mammalia. Vol.1.
The plate is inscribed: “Young Rhesus Monkey. Lizars sc.”
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