'Pithecus satyrus' [Orangutan] ringlets King Louis-Philippe

King Louis-Philippe

Watt's Shot Tower on the Lambeth bank of the River Thames is in the foreground

Bylaert Fec

Ornithological study of a flightless bird

Loughborough House

'Pithecus satyrus' [Orangutan] ringlets King Louis-PhilippeZoological 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