Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.10185
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‘Papio sylvanus’ [Chacma baboon]
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 Chacma baboon Papio ursinus native to South Africa, shown in profile in an upright position, holding a sapling with both forelimbs. Behind is a forest and mountain landscape.
Plate 16 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 Chacma Papio comatus”. The plate is inscribed: “PLATE 16.PAPIO SYLVANUS. Lizars sc.”
Plate 16 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 Chacma Papio comatus”. The plate is inscribed: “PLATE 16.PAPIO SYLVANUS. Lizars sc.”
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