Monkeys Collection

Victorian Scrap, Pears Soap -- a mother monkey washes her dirty son. circa 1880s

Chimps Tea Party
High tea - three chimpanzees having a tea party at London Zoo, watched by a large crowd. Date: early 1930s

Herr Graiss looping monkey, Diavolino
Diavolino, a little monkey trained by Herr Grais, who performed the loop the loop on a tricycle at the London Hippodrome. Date: 1903

An acrobatic baboon at the Hippodrome
Herr Grais with his performing acrobatic baboon at the London Hippodrome in 1902. Date: 1902

Diavolino, the monkey that loops the loop, London Hippodrome
Diavolino, the monkey that looped the loop on a little tricycle at the London Hippodrome in 1902. Date: 1902

Monkeys gathering leaves from tea bushes high on a mountain and delivering them to their master. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon

Six monkeys on a Christmas card, one of them reaching for some food. circa 1890s

Happy New Year - Chimpanzee with top hat and rose
Happy New Year - Chimpanzee raising top hat and holding a rose. circa 1898

An Interview with Consul the Chimpanzee
Sketches of Consul, the celebrity chimpanzee known as the man monkey appearing at the Hippodrome in 1903. Charles Sykes, reporting for The Bystanders very first issue

Monkey Cartoon

Monkey Cartoons

Chimpanzees Tea Party Date: 1930s

Advertisement Illustration Monkey Wrestle
A comic illustration showing a pair of scrambling monkeys wrestling with each other in humourous fashion. Date: circa 1939

Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil, See No Evil, Nikko, Japan
Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil, See No Evil (Three Wise Monkeys), oak carving outside a Shinto stable, Nikko, Japan - Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts Date: circa 1910

A Big Order, Measuring Mr Jumbo for a New Suit Date: 1930

Illustration of monkeys, pointed by an umbrella, Cecil Aldin
Illustration of two frightened monkeys, pointed at with an umbrella, by Cecil Aldin. Captioned by the artist, Envy, Hatred, Malice and All Uncharitable, A Sketch from Life'

The Particular Service Squadron in Ireland
The Particular Service Squadron in Bantry Bay, Ireland. Assembled as part of a fleet for Baltic operations, primarily against their Russian counterparts

At the Barber - hirsute monkeys popping in for a trim... Date: 1905

Three wise monkeys at the Tosho-gu shrine in Nikko, Japan
The three wise monkeys - a 17th-century carving at the Tosho-gu shrine in Nikko, Japan carved by Hidari Jingoro - hear no evil (Kikazaru), speak no evil (Iwazaru), see no evil (Mizaru)

Two orangutans with ice lollies Date: circa 1960s

Chimp with computer
Becky the chimpanzee (18 months old and raised at Twycross Zoo)sits on a cushion next to a IBM AT-5170 computer, touching the keyboard with her hand. Date: 1987

Rhesus Monkeys at London Zoo by Charles Howard

Postcard design - To remind you of our date! Two little monkeys meet beneath a palm tree. Date: circa 1937

Comic postcard, Father and son discuss evolution Date: 20th century

Chinese tea farmers using monkeys to gather tea leaves, Camellia sinensis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rudolph Ackermanns Repository of Arts, London, 1821

Follaton House, seat of Stanley Carey, Totnes Devon. Built by the architect George Stanley Repton in 1826. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rudolph Ackermanns Repository of Arts, London, 1827

The Travelling Monkey by Edwin Landseer. 19th century

Consul the monkey
Consul the chimpanzee, the man monkey who delighted audiences at the Hippodrome, Aquarium and other venues in the early Edwardian era

Consul the Chimp at the London Hippodrome
Consul the performing chimpanzee, the star attraction at the London Hippodrome where his earning amounted to 200 per week. 1903

Toque or Bonnet Monkey (Cercopithecus radiatus)
Toque or Bonnet Monkey (Cercopithecus radiatus, Toque macaque, Macaca sinica). Date: 1842

Monkeys playing golf, skittles, hoops, croquet, leapfrog, ball games, stiltwalking, archery, spinning tops, popinjay, etc. From a 16th century print

Proboscis monkey, Nasalis larvatus. Endangered
Kahau or Proboscis monkey, Nasalis larvatus. Endangered. Handcoloured steel engraving by W.H. Lizars after an illustration by James Stewart from Sir William Jardines Naturalists Library: Monkeys

Active gibbon, female, Hylobates agilis. Endangered
Active gibbon, female with young, Hylobates agilis. Endangered. Handcoloured steel engraving by W.H. Lizars after an illustration by James Stewart from Sir William Jardines Naturalists Library

Western hoolock gibbon, Hoolock hoolock. Endangered. (Hoolock, Hylobates hoolock.) Handcoloured steel engraving by W.H. Lizars after an illustration by James Stewart from Sir William Jardines

Pygmy marmoset, Cebuella pygmaea (Leonine tamarin, Midas leonina). Handcoloured steel engraving by W.H. Lizars after an illustration by James Stewart from Sir William Jardines Naturalists Library

Golden lion tamarin, Leontopithecus rosalia. Endangered
Golden lion tamarin, Leontopithecus rosalia (Silky tamarin, Midas rosalia). Endangered. Handcoloured steel engraving by W.H

Common marmoset, Callithrix jacchus (Striated monkey, Hapales jacchus). Handcoloured steel engraving by W.H. Lizars after an illustration by James Stewart from Sir William Jardines Naturalists

Black-headed uakari, Cacajao melanocephalus
Golden-backed uakari or black-headed uakari, Cacajao melanocephalus (Cacajao, Pithecia melanocephala). Handcoloured steel engraving by W.H

Black-bearded saki, Chiropotes satanas. Critically
Black-bearded saki, Chiropotes satanas (Couxio, Pithecia satanas). Critically endangered. Handcoloured steel engraving by W.H

Common squirrel monkey, Saimiri sciureus (Siamiri, Callithrix sciureus). Handcoloured steel engraving by W.H. Lizars after an illustration by James Stewart from Sir William Jardines Naturalists

Large-headed capuchin, Sapajus apella macrocephalus (Large-headed sapajou, Cebus monachus). Handcoloured steel engraving by W.H

Tufted capuchin monkey, Cebus apella (Horned sapajou, Cebus fatuellus). Handcoloured steel engraving by W.H. Lizars after an illustration by James Stewart from Sir William Jardines Naturalists

Brown howler monkey, Alouatta guariba. Critically endangered
Brown howler monkey, Alouatta guariba, eating a guaba fruit, Inga edulis. (Araguato, Mycetes ursinus.) Critically endangered. Handcoloured steel engraving by W.H

Drill, Mandrillus leucophaeus. Endangered
Drill, Mandrillus leucophaeus (Papio leucphaeus). Endangered. Handcoloured steel engraving by W.H. Lizars after an illustration by James Stewart from Sir William Jardines Naturalists Library

Mandrill, Mandrillus sphinx (Rib-nose baboon, Papio mormon). Handcoloured steel engraving by W.H. Lizars after an illustration by James Stewart from Sir William Jardines Naturalists Library: Monkeys

Chacma baboon, Papio ursinus (Papio salvanus). Handcoloured steel engraving by W.H. Lizars after an illustration by James Stewart from Sir William Jardines Naturalists Library: Monkeys, Edinburgh

Barbary ape, Macaca sylvanus. Endangered
Barbary ape or Barbary macaque, Macaca sylvanus (Inuus sylvanus). Endangered. Handcoloured steel engraving by W.H. Lizars after an illustration by James Stewart from Sir William Jardines Naturalists

Lion-tailed macaque, Macaca silenus. Endangered. (Wanderoo monkey, Macacus silenus.) From a specimen in Edinburgh Zoological Gardens. Handcoloured steel engraving by W.H

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