'Pithecus satyrus' [Orangutan] ringlets following their investiture at Buckingham

following their investiture at Buckingham Palace

Loughborough House

Sabine's Collection

Ornithological study of a flightless bird

Bylaert Fec

'Pithecus satyrus' [Orangutan] ringlets following their investiture at BuckinghamZoological 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