'Pithecus satyrus' [Orangutan] olive green with arms folded

with arms folded

Ornithological study of the Swift Parrot (Lathamus discolor) a bird native to Australia and Tasmania

Horses loaded with barrels and hops

'Gaul to the New Caesar'

by Nathaniel Matthew Wolfe (1724-1784)

'Pithecus satyrus' [Orangutan] olive green with arms foldedZoological study of an orang utan, possibly the Bornean orangutan, Pongo pygmaeus shown from the front, seated and indicating towards a half eaten fruit placed on the ground. 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*.