Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.10169
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‘Troglodytes niger’ [Chimpanzee]
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 common chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) from Africa, shown half seated on a knoll or rock outcrop and holding a tree branch. A forest landscape is visible behind.
Plate 1 from The natural history of monkeys, by Sir William Jardine (Edinburgh, 1833) The Naturalist’s Library. Mammalia. Vol.1. The plate is inscribed: “PLATE 1. TROGLODYTES NIGER. Lizars sc.”
Plate 1 from The natural history of monkeys, by Sir William Jardine (Edinburgh, 1833) The Naturalist’s Library. Mammalia. Vol.1. The plate is inscribed: “PLATE 1. TROGLODYTES NIGER. Lizars sc.”
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