'Hylobates agilis' [Agile gibbon] belfry The photograph was probably taken

The photograph was probably taken on the occasion of its opening

'The Rod Still in Pickle'

Regent Circus

Saturday 24th January 1981

Interior looking east

'Hylobates agilis' [Agile gibbon] belfry The photograph was probably takenZoological study of a female agile gibbon Hylobates agilis, native to Malaysia, Thailand and Sumatra. Shown seated in a tree with one arm extended and holding a branch. A juvenile gibbon clings to her breast. Plate 5 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 active gibbon'. The plate is inscribed: 'PLATE 5. HYLOBATES AGILIS. Female. Lizars