'Hylobates hoolock' [Hoolock gibbon] Margarete Theresia Circa 1960

Circa 1960

This is representative of the London Reformatory Institution for adult male criminals in Great Smith Street

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The recent peace between Prussia and Austria

'Hylobates hoolock' [Hoolock gibbon] Margarete Theresia Circa 1960Zoological study of a hoolock gibbon, possibly the western hoolock gibbon Hoolock hoolock, a native of India. Shown standing upright and holding a tree stump. Plate 3 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 hoolock'. The plate is inscribed: 'PLATE 3. HYLOBATES HOOLOCK.' Original: etching. 1833