Plate 6, Le Maître à Dancer (The Dancing Master), Singeries ou différentes actions de la vie humaine représentées par des singes (Monkey Antics or Different Actions of Human Life Represented by Monkeys), Christophe Huet, French, 1700–1759, Jean-Baptiste-Antoine Guelard, French, 1719–ca. 1755, Charpentier, Paris, France, Etching on paper, Plate 6 of a series of 23 prints featuring monkeys acting as humans in various figural scenes. Two monkey figures dancing, the animal at left is nude, while the monkey at right is dressed in elaborate court costume, including a sword at his hip, a sash

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