'Midas leonina' [Pygmy marmoset] mb-height 4524 chemical retort and apothocaries' jars

chemical retort and apothocaries' jars also form background material

Paul McCartney Singer and Song Writer'The Beatles' 'Wings' with wife Linda and dog Ringo at their farm near Campbeltown in Scotland

It was the only major project to be undertaken in London by the famous engineer Thomas Telford

27th May 1983

'John Charles Kitching

'Midas leonina' [Pygmy marmoset] mb-height 4524 chemical retort and apothocaries' jarsZoological study of a pygmy marmoset Cebuella pygmaea native to South America. Shown in profile with its forelimbs resting on an ear of maize as an indicator of scale. Plate 29 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 Leonine Tamarin'. The plate is inscribed: 'PLATE 29. MIDAS LEONINA. Lizars sc.' Original: etching. 1833