'Semnopithecus melalophas' [Mitred leaf monkey] Vauxhall Gardens The General Post Office is

The General Post Office is in the distance

Prince Alfred serenades his bride to be

The boy in the pedal car is Gordon Crosby's son

Half-length portrait of an elderly Fontenelle

On 17th August 1859

'Semnopithecus melalophas' [Mitred leaf monkey] Vauxhall Gardens The General Post Office isZoological study of the Mitred Leaf Monkey or Sumatran Surili Presbytis melalophos. Shown in profile and on all fours against a mountainous landscape. Plate 8 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 Simpai'. The plate is inscribed: 'PLATE 8. SEMNOPITHECUS MELAOPHAS Lizars sc.' Original: etching. 1833