'Semnopithecus entellus' [Grey langur] Product:Canvas is put to the test

is put to the test by some humour from an American tourist

22nd May 1987

'The sailor's adventure to the streights of Merryland or

Caliban (Sambo) says: You Beat Him 'Nough

Found in the collection of the Neue Galerie New York

'Semnopithecus entellus' [Grey langur] Product:Canvas is put to the testZoological study of the Grey or Hanuman langur Semnopithecus entellus a native of India, Pakistan and the Himalayan region. Shown in profile in the act of picking a fruit from a tree. Plate 9 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 Entellus monkey'. The plate is inscribed: 'PLATE 9. SEMNOPITHECUS ENTELLUS Lizars sc.' Original: etching. 1833