Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.10173
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‘Hylobates syndactyla’ [Siamang 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 siamang Symphalangus syndactylus, a gibbon native to Malaysia, Thailand and Sumatra. Shown standing upright with one arm extended. A forested landscape behind.
Plate 4 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 siamang”. The plate is inscribed: “PLATE 4. HYLOBATES SYNDACTYLA. Lizars sc.”
Plate 4 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 siamang”. The plate is inscribed: “PLATE 4. HYLOBATES SYNDACTYLA. Lizars sc.”
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