'Pithecus satyrus' [Orangutan] moorland of a dream warning him

of a dream warning him to postpone the Royal visit to the City

Patrick Head

Plate 26 from the monograph 'Description de quelques espÞce de reptiles de la Californieà'

The Conservative Chancellor of the Exchequer

'Pithecus satyrus' [Orangutan] moorland of a dream warning himZoological study of an orang utan, possibly the Bornean orangutan, Pongo pygmaeus shown from the front, seated and indicating towards a half eaten fruit placed on the ground. 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*.