'The Black Maucauco' [Black lemur] Finish:Rolled Unidentified Marital Scene

Unidentified Marital Scene

was told it was impossible to keep anything dry in two feet of water

Constantinople

which is usually less than enough to tempt them across the road

View of Brill House

'The Black Maucauco' [Black lemur] Finish:Rolled Unidentified Marital SceneZoological study of a Black lemur (Eulemur macaco) from Madagascar. The animal is shown on all fours, one forepaw resting on fruit. Plate 217 from chapter 7 of Gleanings of natural history, exhibiting figures of quadrupeds, birds, insects, plants, &c, by George Edwards, volume 1 (London, for the author, 1758). The plate is inscribed: 'The Black Maucauco from Madagascar. Geo. Edwards Delin. et sculp AD 1756.' Original: etching. 1756