Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.10174
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‘Hylobates agilis’ [Agile 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 female agile gibbon Hylobates agilis, native to Malaysia, Thailand and Sumatra. Shown seated in a tree with one arm extended and holding a branch. A juvenile gibbon clings to her breast.
Plate 5 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 active gibbon”. The plate is inscribed: “PLATE 5. HYLOBATES AGILIS. Female. Lizars sc.”
Plate 5 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 active gibbon”. The plate is inscribed: “PLATE 5. HYLOBATES AGILIS. Female. Lizars sc.”
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