'Ateles paniscus' [Spider monkey] Product:Canvas held on the 23rd October

held on the 23rd October

The City of London can be seen in the background

Snowdon (centre) with Lliwedd (left) and Crib Coch (right) from the Nant Gwynant Pass

left Portsmouth in 1875

'Ateles paniscus' [Spider monkey] Product:Canvas held on the 23rd OctoberZoological study of a spider monkey of the genus Ateles. The red faced spider monkey is now described as Atales paniscus although the subject of this illustration, described within the text as a young female, is of indeterminate type. The animal is native to South America and is shown hanging from a tree branch using one forelimb and tail. A forest scene is visible behind. Plate 20 from The natural history of monkeys, by Sir William Jardine