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Apes

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  • A monkey-alchemist pumps a bellows in a laboratory; alluding to the vanity of alchemy. Process print after J.P. Le Bas after D. Teniers the younger.
  • A monkey surgeon prepares to treat a monkey patient with a clyster, the latest French fashion accessory. Line engraving, ca. 1660.
  • A sleeping pedlar's posterior is examined by monkeys, who play with his goods. Line engraving after P. van Harlingen after P. Bruegel, c. 1610.
  • Apes' skulls: six figures showing ape heads and an ape skull from the front and in profile. Line engraving, 1780/1800?.
  • Birds and animals in a neo-classical garden: ape, cassowary, pheasant, ostrich, swallow, peacocks and peahens. Etching by J. Griffier, ca. 1655, after F. Barlow.
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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 patient being treated by a monkey surgeon with a clyster, the latest French fashion accessory. Line engraving, c. 1660.

    | Reference: 17510i
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    A sleeping pedlar's posterior is examined by monkeys, who play with his goods. Line engraving after P. van Harlingen after P. Bruegel, c. 1610.

    Bruegel, Pieter, approximately 1525-1569. | Date: c. 1610 | Reference: 17505i
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    Two chimpanzees sheltering in trees. Wood engraving by J.W. Whymper after J. Wolf.

    Wolf, Joseph, 1820-1899. | Reference: 39718i
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