Aotes trivirgatus [Three-striped night monkey] Size:XS: 30 x 20cm Hackney Volunteer firing a rifle

Hackney Volunteer firing a rifle

A family at the seaside

View of the reservoir in Green Park

buying rabbits

Aotes trivirgatus [Three-striped night monkey] Size:XS: 30 x 20cm Hackney Volunteer firing a rifleZoological study of a three striped night monkey Aotus trivirgatus, a specimen of owl monkey from South America. Shown in profile on the ground and slumped as if asleep. With a background scene of forest and mountains. Plate 24 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 1811 work is referred to here