Chimpanzee, Pan troglodytes (endangered) and moustached guenon monkey, Cercopithecus cephus.


Common chimpanzee, Pan troglodytes (endangered), and moustached guenon monkey, Cercopithecus cephus. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Frederic Cuvier's "Dictionary of Natural Science: Mammals," Paris, France, 1816. Illustration by J. G. Pretre, engraved by Carnonkel, directed by Pierre Jean-Francois Turpin, and published by Levrault. Jean Gabriel Pretre (1780~1845) was painter of natural history at Empress Josephine's zoo and later became artist to the Museum of Natural History. Turpin (1775-1840) is considered one of the greatest French botanical illustrators of the 19th century.


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