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  • Skulls of male and female Capuchin monkeys, with vertical sections. Lithograph by G. Engelmann after C.P. Mazer, ca 1835.
  • Separate pictures of garden fruit, flowers, vegetables, birds, dogs and two monkeys dressed as gardeners. Coloured etchings, 18th century.
  • Six different specimen of monkeys and apes shown in their arboreal habitat. Coloured etching by T. Brown after J. Stewart.
  • Debauched monkeys revelling in a dingy tavern as two have a boxing match. Coloured lithograph by T. Fairland after E. Bristow.
  • Practitioners and patients in a busy barber-surgeon's shop; represented by monkeys and cats. Engraving by C. Boel after D. Teniers.
  • A flock of parrots and two monkeys gathered round a fountain in a classical garden. Engraving by P. Casteels, 1726, after himself.
  • A street entertainer makes two monkeys on a lead, dance to music as part of an act. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • A sleeping pedlar's posterior is examined by monkeys, who play with his goods. Line engraving after P. van Harlingen after P. Bruegel, c. 1610.
  • A title-vignette consisiting of various animals, including monkeys, vultures, a lion and an otter forming an ornamental flourished arch over a stream. Wood engraving (?).
  • Two monkeys sitting on a pineapple in a fruit bowl are attentively watching a wasp on the fruit stalk. Steel engraving by T. Landseer after E. H. Landseer.
  • The death of Ravana, the ten headed demon king of Lanka by Lord Rama, his brother Lakshman and an army of monkeys. Gouache painting by an Indian painter.
  • An alchemist's laboratory inhabited by monkeys: to the right they are shown calling at the poorhouse, destitute after their obsessive, fruitless experiments. Etching by P. van der Borcht, ca. 1580.
  • The menagerie of Blaauw Jan (Jan Berentsz Westerhof) in Amsterdam: animals including ostriches, monkeys, lions and peacocks are shown in and around a large central cage, surrounded by people drinking at tables. Etching, 1751.
  • Three monkeys with the words 'Hear, Look, Talk, AIDS for yourself' representing an advertisement for the Stop AIDS Kanagawa campaign as part of the 10th International Conference on AIDS and STD in 1994. Colour lithograph, 1994.
  • Three monkeys with the words 'Hear, Look, Talk, AIDS for yourself' representing an advertisement for the Stop AIDS Kanagawa campaign as part of the 10th International Conference on AIDS and STD in 1994. Colour lithograph, 1994.
  • Last appearance but two of Mr. & Mrs. Yates : last appearance but four of Monsieur Bihin the celebrated Belgian giant, the tallest and handsomest man in the world, and also of the original troupe of Parisian monkeys! / Theatre Royal, Dublin.
  • A gang of hunters pretend to wash their eyes with a slimy substance, thus fooling the monkeys, who 'ape' them and blind themselves, allowing the hunters to move in. Line engraving by J. Collaert after J. van der Straet, c. 1610.
  • Second appearance, these three years, of Mrs. Yates whom is engaged for six nights only : second appearance of Monsieur Bihin the celebrated Belgian giant, the tallest and handsomest man in the world, and also of the original troupe of Parisian monkeys! / Theatre Royal, Dublin.
  • Orang-outang, sive homo sylvestris: or, the anatomy of a pygmie compared with that of a monkey, an ape, and a man. To which is added, a philological essay concerning the pygmies, the cynocephali, the satyrs and spinges of the ancients. Wherein it will appear that they are all either apes or monkeys, and not men, as formerly pretended / By Edward Tyson.
  • Orang-outang, sive homo sylvestris: or, the anatomy of a pygmie compared with that of a monkey, an ape, and a man. To which is added, a philological essay concerning the pygmies, the cynocephali, the satyrs and spinges of the ancients. Wherein it will appear that they are all either apes or monkeys, and not men, as formerly pretended / By Edward Tyson.
  • A woman wearing an extraordinarily high wig decorated with beads and lace, discusses her head-dress while taking tea with a man sitting opposite who wears a legal tie wig, gown and bands; on the wall is a framed picture of two monkeys sitting at a table drinking tea. Mezzotint, 1772.
  • A woman wearing an extraordinarily high wig decorated with beads and lace, discusses her head-dress while taking tea with a man sitting opposite who wears a legal tie wig, gown and bands; on the wall is a framed picture of two monkeys sitting at a table drinking tea. Mezzotint, 1772.
  • Three seated monkeys: one hiding his eyes, one with his hands over his mouth, and the other hiding his genitals with another monkey scratching his head in bemusement below; with the message in French: 'We die. What do you do?'; an advertisement for an event on Saturday 27 November [in Geneva] to commemorate World AIDS Day featuring a rock concert entitled 'Rock against AIDS'; sponsored by Dialogan, Groupe SIDA Géneve, PVA Géneve and the AIDS Ministry. Colour lithograph.
  • A monkey (Mitis monkey). Lithograph by Jonathan Kingdon.
  • Fetus and discoid placenta, monkey
  • Five apes: orangutan, Barbary ape, baboon, leonine monkey and varied monkey. Etching by J. Scott, ca. 1808.
  • Graeco-Italian ceramic; Corinthian plastic monkey
  • A monkey wearing human clothes. Gouache, 18--.
  • A monkey surgeon prepares to treat a monkey patient with a clyster, the latest French fashion accessory. Line engraving, ca. 1660.
  • A monkey patient being treated by a monkey surgeon with a clyster, the latest French fashion accessory. Line engraving, c. 1660.