'Semnopithecus melalophas' [Mitred leaf monkey] Vauxhall Gardens Gregory Bateman's residence on Green

Gregory Bateman's residence on Green Street in Kentish Town

The General Post Office is in the distance

On 17th August 1859

Half-length portrait of an elderly Fontenelle

Interior view of the Clothworkers' Hall

'Semnopithecus melalophas' [Mitred leaf monkey] Vauxhall Gardens Gregory Bateman's residence on GreenZoological study of the Mitred Leaf Monkey or Sumatran Surili Presbytis melalophos. Shown in profile and on all fours against a mountainous landscape. Plate 8 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 Simpai'. The plate is inscribed: 'PLATE 8. SEMNOPITHECUS MELAOPHAS Lizars sc.' Original: etching. 1833