'The Bush-tailed Monkey' mb-code 1150535 Westminster Hall

Westminster Hall

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'The Bush-tailed Monkey' mb-code 1150535 Westminster HallZoological study of a monkey, possibly a tufted capuchin Sapajus apella, although Edwards identifies the animal as being from Surinam. The monkey is shown seated on a stone slab and holding fruit. Plate 312 from chapter 102 of Gleanings of natural history, exhibiting figures of quadrupeds, birds, insects, plants, &c, by George Edwards, volume 3 (London, for the author, 1764). The plate is inscribed: 'The little Bush tailed Monkey, from Surinam. Drawn