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Orangutan Hanging from Vine

Auguste Belin, Aubert et Junca, and others

Orangutan Hanging from Vine

1835

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Orangutan Hanging from Vine

1835

Physical Qualities Crayon lithograph, Sheet: 368 x 269 mm. (14 1/2 x 10 9/16 in.) Image: 355 x 200 mm. (14 x 7 7/8 in.)
Credit Line The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number 1996.48.14120
Plate 3 from a series of 5 lithographs depicting the first living orangutan in France, which arrived at the Museum d'histoire naturelle in 1836.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996; The Maryland Institute College of Art, through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris

Inscribed: Inscribed in stone: upper left "Pl. 3."; lower left "Werner del. 1836."; lower right "Lith. A Belin"

Markings: None

Printer/Publisher

Aubert et Junca

1829–1829

French, active 1830
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Artist

Jacques Christophe Werner

1797–1855

French, 1798 - 1856
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