'Pithecus satyrus' [Orangutan] moorland Chelsea Pensioner

Chelsea Pensioner

This is a satire on the demand for scrutiny of votes by Charles Wray after the 1784 general election

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Plate 26 from the monograph 'Description de quelques espÞce de reptiles de la Californieà'

Patrick Head

'Pithecus satyrus' [Orangutan] moorland Chelsea PensionerZoological 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*.