Scotin, Gérard Jean Baptiste, 1698-approximately 1755, printmaker
Published / Created:
publish'd Nov. 27, 1738, according to the late act.
Call Number:
738.11.27.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A chimpanzee holding a bowl stands in a landscape, a decorated frame surrounding the image. In the background left, a man shoots an arrow at chimpanzees climbing a palm tree, and on the right three chimpanzees play on the ground, one standing upright holding a stick
Description:
Title engraved below image., Six lines of text below title: This creature was brought over by Capt. Henry Flower in the ship Speaker from Angola, on the coast of Guinea, in August 1738. It is of the female kind, & is two feet four inches high, walks erect ..., Dedication engraved at bottom of plate: To Sr. Hans Sloane Bart., President of the Royal Society, this plate is humbly inscribed., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Sloane, Hans, Sir, 1660-1753.
Subject (Topic):
Animals in human situations, Chimpanzees, and Hunting
