'Pithecia melanocephala' [Golden-backed uakari] Product:Canvas 28th February 1954

28th February 1954

the pike gardens and Winchester Park

'Place du Théâtre Français in Paris

1956 and 1957

'Pithecia melanocephala' [Golden-backed uakari] Product:Canvas 28th February 1954Zoological study of a golden backed uakari, or black headed uakari Cacajao melanocephalus, native to South America. Shown seated on the ground and shown slightly from behind, with arms extended. A scene of forest and mountains is presented behind. Plate 26 from The natural history of monkeys, by Sir William Jardine (Edinburgh, 1833) The Naturalist's Library. Mammalia. Vol. 1. This new world monkey was first described by Alexander von Humboldt, whose