ca. 1785-1789
Description
Credit: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Inscription
Inscribed in brown ink, upper left: " Le Singe - Lion, on Jetee - from the Spanish Main". Inscribed in graphite, beginning in upper left: "{ The White crowned Marmoset ( Oedipomidias oedipus) . NE Colmbia | Pivoche Comun | d2219 | Thomas Berwick 1753-1828 | c. 1785-1789 The inscription above is Berwick's own | heard for a corresponding drawing by | Berwick in just this technique of his | Water Rat in the B 14. 1882-3-11-1109, | presented by Miss Isabella Berwick | LGD | This drawing is engraved in reverse in Berwick's History of | Quadropeds, 1791, p 441, under the title " The Paiche , or | Red-Tailed Monkey. ".
Descriptive Medium
Pen and black ink and watercolour
Image Licence
Public Domain, Yale Center for British Art
Image Credit
image credit Yale Center for British Art
Location
North-East Colombia
Country
Colombia
Tags
Category
Flora & Fauna
