Simia Aethiops Linn Var. Velvet Monkey. Hand-coloured copperplate engraving by Walwert after an original painting by Jacques de Seve. From Schreber’s “Animal Illustrations from Nature” Published in 1775

Original antique engraving with contemporary colouring.

Engraved by Walwert, after an original painting by Jacques de Seve.

Taken from Joseph Christian Daniel Schreber’s “Animal Illustrations after Nature”.

Published in 1775.