Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.10196
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‘Hapales jacchus’ [Common marmoset]
Date
1833
Creator
William Home Lizars (1788 - 1859, British) , Artist
Object type
Library reference
10552
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Dimensions
height (print): 228mm
width (print): 220mm
width (print): 220mm
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Description
Zoological study of a common marmoset Callithrix jacchus native to South America. Shown climbing a tree branch.
Plate 27 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 Striated monkey”. The plate is inscribed: “PLATE 27. HAPPALES JACCHUS.”
Plate 27 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 Striated monkey”. The plate is inscribed: “PLATE 27. HAPPALES JACCHUS.”
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