A large monkey dressed in rags is about to beat a smaller monkey with a bundle of brushwood. Etching by T. Landseer, 1827.

  • Landseer, Thomas, 1795-1880.
Date:
[1827]
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39605i
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The large monkey wears a quill pen behind its ears and grabs the small monkey by the collar, the latter drops its breeches in fear

Publication/Creation

[London] : [Moon, Boys & Graves], [1827]

Physical description

1 print : etching ; image 18.8 x 16.2 cm

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"Speak no more, I'll not be made a soft & dulleyed fool, to shake the head, relent, & sigh, & yield." Shakespeare The quotation in the lettering is from W. Shakespeare, The merchant of Venice, act 3, scene 3

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Wellcome Collection 39605i

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