'The Black Maucauco' [Black lemur] Size:M: 75 x 60cm north west view with figures

north west view with figures in the foreground including a group of three men consulting a drawing of the church

One figure circled with the note 'Omit'

view from the River Thames

View of Blackwell Hall on King Street

and holding out a pair of spectacles

'The Black Maucauco' [Black lemur] Size:M: 75 x 60cm north west view with figuresZoological study of a Black lemur (Eulemur macaco) from Madagascar. The animal is shown on all fours, one forepaw resting on fruit. Plate 217 from chapter 7 of Gleanings of natural history, exhibiting figures of quadrupeds, birds, insects, plants, &c, by George Edwards, volume 1 (London, for the author, 1758). The plate is inscribed: 'The Black Maucauco from Madagascar. Geo. Edwards Delin. et sculp AD 1756.' Original: etching. 1756