Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.10184
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‘Inuus sylvanus’ [Barbary macaque]
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 Barbary macaque Macaca sylvanus native to North Africa and Gibraltar, shown in profile walking on all fours.
Plate 15 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 Barbary Ape”. The plate is inscribed: “PLATE 15.INUUS SYLVANUS. Lizars sc.”
Plate 15 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 Barbary Ape”. The plate is inscribed: “PLATE 15.INUUS SYLVANUS. Lizars sc.”
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