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    Image number: RS.10180
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    ‘Cercopithecus ruber’ [Red monkey]

    Date
    1833
    Creator
    William Home Lizars (1788 - 1859, British) , Artist
    Object type
    Library reference
    10552
    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (print): 288mm
    width (print): 220mm
    Subject
    Content object
    nature
       > animal
          > monkey
    Description
    Zoological study of what is probably the Patas or Red monkey Erythrocebus patas a native of central Africa. Shown on all fours against a forest background.

    Plate 11 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 monkey”. The plate is inscribed: “PLATE 11. CERCOPITHECUS RUBER. Lizars sc.”
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