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Singerie (Art)

Images

  • A monkey in human dress is leaning on a stone which a satyr is engraving into. Etching by T. Landseer, 1827.
  • A large monkey dressed in rags is about to beat a smaller monkey with a bundle of brushwood. Etching by T. Landseer, 1827.
  • A monkey physician examining a cat patient for fleas. Coloured lithograph.
  • Interior of a dentist's surgery with animal participants. Reproduction of a coloured wood engraving.
  • Two monkey jockeys are riding a terrified donkey. Etching by T. Landseer after himself.
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Catalogue

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    Monkeys representing human beings in a tooth-drawer's surgery. Lithograph by L. Haghe after E. Bristow, 1828.

    Bristow, Edmund, 1787-1876. | Date: 1 February 1828 | Reference: 16677i
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    Female apes in human clothes are brawling, restrained by male apes in human clothes. Etching by W. Heath.

    Heath, William, 1795-1840. | Date: [1830?] | Reference: 28550i
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    A monkey holding a clyster in an apothecary's shop. Engraving by F. Basan after D. Teniers the younger.

    Teniers, David, 1610-1690. | Date: 1700-1799 | Reference: 15879i
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    A man dressed in macaroni-style with a high head-dress meets a monkey dressed in the same style. Mezzotint, 1774.

    | Date: Aug 2nd. 1774 | Reference: 2059375i
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    A monkey barber-surgeon's establishment. Oil painting after David Teniers the younger.

    Teniers, David, 1610-1690. | Reference: 45072i
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