'Pithecus satyrus' [Orangutan] ringlets Loughborough House

Loughborough House

Sabine's Collection

Bylaert Fec

The scene may illustrate the San Guo Zhi Romance of the Three Kingdoms

'Pithecus satyrus' [Orangutan] ringlets Loughborough HouseZoological study of an orang utan, possibly the Bornean orangutan, Pongo pygmaeus shown in profile, seated and holding a fruit. A mountainous forest landscape is visible behind. Plate 2 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 red or asiatic orang utang'. The plate is inscribed: 'PLATE 2. PITHECUS SATYRUS. Lizars sc.' Original: etching. 1833