'Pithecus satyrus' [Orangutan] Hengham St Mary Aldermanbury

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showing a woman holding a book standing in front of trees

'Pithecus satyrus' [Orangutan] Hengham St Mary AldermanburyZoological study of an orang utan, possibly the Bornean orangutan, Pongo pygmaeus shown in profile, seated and holding a fruit. A mountainous forest landscape is visible behind. Plate 2 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 red or asiatic orang utang'. The plate is inscribed: 'PLATE 2. PITHECUS SATYRUS. Lizars sc.' Original: etching. 1833