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Image reference: 6234
Title:
Mandrillus sphinx, mandrill
Description:
Variegated Baboon, Simia mormon. Plate facing p. 36 of Museum Leverianum, containing specimens from the museum of the late Sir Ashton Lever, by George Shaw. Published by James Parkinson, proprietor, 1792-1796
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Collection: Animals
Category: Mammals
Keywords: animal, baboon, collection, engraving, illustration, lever, sir ashton (1729-1788), leverian, mammal, mandrill, mandrillus, monkey, museum, old, parkinson, dr. james (1755-1824), primate, shaw, dr george kearsley (1751-1813), simia, sitting, variegated, watercolour, wild, world
Genus/Species :
Mandrillus sphinx
Common name:
mandrill
© The Natural History Museum, London
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| | English zoologist and botanist, Dr. George Kearsley Shaw (1751-1813) was a co-founder and vice-president of the Linnean Society of London, a fellow of the Royal Society, and Keeper of the British Museum's natural history department 1807-1813. English naturalist, Sir Ashton Lever (1729-1788) was bankrupted by his collection of 28,000 specimens, which was won in a lottery by Dr. James Parkinson (1755-1824), catalogued by Shaw and later auctioned.
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