A monkey in elegant costume is addressing a group of wild monkeys under a tree. Engraving by B.P. Gibbon after E. H. Landseer.

The monkey is dressed in elegant costume, with a cockaded hat, tiewig, cravat and bow tie, gloves and cane, the epaulets suggesting a livery

Most of the monkeys are rhesus macaques, although the one in the back is a capuchin and the monkey taking snuff a baboon

The subject was inspired by a fable by John Gay, which tells the story of a monkey travelling to bring polite manners home. The monkey is captured, serves a lady, becomes refined and escapes to join his fellows

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1 print : engraving, with etching ; image 9 x 10.3 cm

The travelled monkey. E. Landseer, A. R. A. pinx. B. P. Gibbons sculp.

R. Ormond, Sir Edwin Landseer, London Tate Gallery 1982, p. 58-59

Wellcome Collection 40155i

After an oil painting by E. H. Landseer "The monkey who had seen the world" (also called "The traveled monkey") (1827)