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Image number: RS.9967
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‘The St Jago monkey’ [Green monkey]
Date
1755
Creator
George Edwards (1694 - 1773, British) , Ornithologist
Object type
Library reference
38029
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 286mm
width (print): 220mm
width (print): 220mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Zoological study of the Green monkey (Chlorocebus sabaeus), a species introduced to St Jago in the Cape Verde Islands and used as an eighteenth century pet. The animal is depicted on a patch of greenery holding two pieces of fruit.
Plate 215 from chapter 5 of Gleanings of natural history, exhibiting figures of quadrupeds, birds, insects, plants, &c..., by George Edwards, volume 1 (London, for the author, 1758). Described by Edwards in his accompanying text: “This Monkey is often called the Green Monkey, and known to us by that name. Our seamen generally call them St Jago Monkies...I once had the opportunity of seeing, in the house of the late Duke of Richmond, at Whitehall, an old she Monkey, who had been brought to England with young; and she brought forth a single cub, of which she was very tender...”
The plate is inscribed: “Published according to Act of Parliament January the first AD1755 George.Edwards delin: et Sculp.”
Plate 215 from chapter 5 of Gleanings of natural history, exhibiting figures of quadrupeds, birds, insects, plants, &c..., by George Edwards, volume 1 (London, for the author, 1758). Described by Edwards in his accompanying text: “This Monkey is often called the Green Monkey, and known to us by that name. Our seamen generally call them St Jago Monkies...I once had the opportunity of seeing, in the house of the late Duke of Richmond, at Whitehall, an old she Monkey, who had been brought to England with young; and she brought forth a single cub, of which she was very tender...”
The plate is inscribed: “Published according to Act of Parliament January the first AD1755 George.Edwards delin: et Sculp.”
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