Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.10193
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‘Aotes trivirgatus’ [Three-striped night monkey]
Date
1833
Creator
William Home Lizars (1788 - 1859, British) , Artist
Object type
Library reference
10552
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Dimensions
height (print): 220mm
width (print): 288mm
width (print): 288mm
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Description
Zoological study of a three-striped night monkey Aotus trivirgatus, a specimen of owl monkey from South America. Shown in profile on the ground and slumped as if asleep. With a background scene of forest and mountains.
Plate 24 from The natural history of monkeys, by Sir William Jardine (Edinburgh, 1833) The Naturalist’s Library. Mammalia. Vol.1. This new world monkey was first described by Alexander von Humboldt, whose 1811 work is referred to here by William Jardine. Referred to in the text as “The Douroucouli”. The plate is inscribed: “PLATE 24. AOTES TRIVIGATUS. Lizars sc.”
Plate 24 from The natural history of monkeys, by Sir William Jardine (Edinburgh, 1833) The Naturalist’s Library. Mammalia. Vol.1. This new world monkey was first described by Alexander von Humboldt, whose 1811 work is referred to here by William Jardine. Referred to in the text as “The Douroucouli”. The plate is inscribed: “PLATE 24. AOTES TRIVIGATUS. Lizars sc.”
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