Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.10172
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‘Hylobates hoolock’ [Hoolock gibbon]
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 a hoolock gibbon, possibly the western hoolock gibbon Hoolock hoolock, a native of India. Shown standing upright and holding a tree stump.
Plate 3 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 hoolock”. The plate is inscribed: “PLATE 3. HYLOBATES HOOLOCK.”
Plate 3 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 hoolock”. The plate is inscribed: “PLATE 3. HYLOBATES HOOLOCK.”
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