'Semnopithecus melalophas' [Mitred leaf monkey] Finish:none Peter Collins at the wheel

Peter Collins at the wheel of an Aston Martin

1st April 1971

Chapel of Ease which might also be Christ Church

de mane Fratres Emeriti

'Semnopithecus melalophas' [Mitred leaf monkey] Finish:none Peter Collins at the wheelZoological 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