In a frame within a frame a monkey, a guenon and a peacock are shown underneath an image of a skeleton of a guenon. Etching.

  • Fridrich, Jacob Andreas, 1684-1751.
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In a frame within a frame a monkey, a guenon and a peacock are shown underneath an image of a skeleton of a guenon. Etching. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The animals are shown sitting before an exotic landscape

A guenon (Meerkatze) is an African monkey of the genus Cercopithecus, havin a characteristic long tail

The image is surrounded by a ornamental frame showing animal and human heads, mirrors and peacock feathers

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1 print : etching, with engraving ; image 28.5 x 20 cm

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Tab. CCCCLXII. I. A. Fridrich sculps. Lettering continues: I. Reg. Cap. X. V. 11, 12, 22. Simia, Cercopithecus, Pavo. I. Buch der Kön. Cap. X.V. 11, 12, 22. Affen, Meerkatzen und Pfauen.

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Wellcome Collection 39897i

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