Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.10170
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‘Pithecus satyrus’ [Orangutan]
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 an orang-utan, possibly the Bornean orangutan, Pongo pygmaeus shown in profile, seated and holding a fruit. A mountainous forest landscape is visible behind.
Plate 2 from The natural history of monkeys, by Sir William Jardine (Edinburgh, 1833) The Naturalist’s Library. Mammalia. Vol.1. Referred to in the text as “The red or asiatic orang-utang”. The plate is inscribed: “PLATE 2. PITHECUS SATYRUS. Lizars sc.”
Plate 2 from The natural history of monkeys, by Sir William Jardine (Edinburgh, 1833) The Naturalist’s Library. Mammalia. Vol.1. Referred to in the text as “The red or asiatic orang-utang”. The plate is inscribed: “PLATE 2. PITHECUS SATYRUS. Lizars sc.”
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