Chimp Collection

Gran pops Shadow Show by Lawson Wood
Three little monkeys chuckle with glee as Gran pop, the orang utan character created by artist Lawson Wood entertains them with a shadow puppet show. Date: 1935

Monkey driving a toy car
A rather surreal photograph of a monkey driving a model vintage car

Hylobates sp. Pongo pygmaeus, Pan troglodytes, Gorilla gori
Gibbon, orangutan, chimpanzee, gorilla and human. Evidence as to Mans Place in Nature. Illustration published in Mans Place in Nature, Vol. 7 from a collection of essays by Thomas Henry Huxley, 1863

Beauty / Beast (Smith)
the beast is only friendly chimp !

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

Temptation by Stanislas Martougen (1873-?)
Temptation (L Appat, Allurement, El Cebo, L Esca) by Stanislas Martougen (1873-?) Date: circa 1910s

Chimpanzees Tea Party Date: 1930s

Programme cover, Chessington Zoo & Circus
Burnt Stub, the home of Chessington Zoo & Circus, Surrey. Date: 1945

Chimpanzee feeding milk to a lion cub. 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

Alarmed chimp at London Zoo
An alarmed chimp is paraded in front of visitors at London Zoo. Date: circa 1950s

Dandy George presents The Limit in Original Animal Productions, Bedford Music Hall, Camden Town, London Date: 1915

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

Chimpanzee, Pan troglodytes. Endangered
Chimpanzee, Pan troglodytes. Le Jocko. Endangered. Copperplate engraving by Chevillet after an illustration by Jacques de Seve from Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffons Histoire Naturelle

Princess Margaret with a chimpanzee
Princess Margaret pictured with a rather disgruntled looking chimpanzee. c.1935

Sally, chimpanzee at Zoological Gardens arriving at in October 1883 as a small infant. Date: 1891

Mr Link, monkey appearing at the Hippodrome 1906
Clever monkey called Mr Link or The Missing Link, who was appearing at The Hippodrome, London in June 1906. Wearing gentlemens clothing he performed on stage eating

Chimpanzee roller skating in Cannes
Chimpanzee - Lord Scratchem - enjoying a roller skate down the Croisette in Cannes on the French Riviera. Date: 1912

Chimpanzee eating at a table, watched by smiling and laughing children. Date: circa 1970s

Anatomy - Young chimpanzee
A young chimpanzee or Pygmy as depicted in Anatomy of a pygmy (1751) Source: The anatomy of a pygmy compared with that of a monkey, an ape, and a man : With an essay concerning the pygmies, etc

Granpop does a bit of plumbing by Lawson Wood
Humorous illustration by Lawson Wood depicting his orang utan character, Gran pop embarking on a bit of plumbing by trying to fashion a shower (perhaps)

Chimpanzee with metal teapot
Unusual Friends - chimpanzee with metal teapot. 1950s

Chimpanzee, Freetown, Sierra Leone, West Africa
Chimpanzee named Peter saluting, Freetown, Sierra Leone, West Africa. Date: circa 1912

Banda Wallah (showman) with boy and animals, India
Banda Wallah (showman) with boy and three animals (monkey, goat and bear), India. Date: circa 1905

Dog and chimpanzee
Unusual Friends - dog and chimpanzee. 1950s

RSPCA with chimpanzee, Heathrow Airport, London
RSPCA staff with a young chimpanzee, Animal Rescue Centre, Heathrow Airport, London. 1965

Happy Families Animals - Mrs Monkey. circa 1940s

Happy Families Animals - Mr. Monkey. circa 1940s

Happy Families Animals - Miss Monkey. circa 1940s

Happy Families Animals - Master Monkey. circa 1940s

Children watching a chimps tea party
Children and adults watching a chimps tea party. Date: circa 1980s

Chimpanzee drinking milk
Chimpanzee sitting at a table drinking milk from a bottle, helped by a man. Date: circa 1970s

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, The Chimpanzee. Date: 1933

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, The Monkey House. Date: 1933

Profile of a Chimpanzee
The head (in profile) of a chimpanzee. Date: early 1930s

Two Baby Chimpanzees with childrens clothes and furniture at the Carl Hagenbecks Tierpark at Stellingen. Carl Hagenbeck (1844-1913) founded Germanys most successful privately owned zoo

Pongo pygmaeus, orangutan and Gorilla gorilla, western goril

Bronze sculpture of Chimpanzee head
Bronze sulpture of Chimpanzee head in the Primate gallery at the Natural History Museum, London

Pan troglodytes, chimpanzee

A Tropical Bathing-Place
Plate 10 taken from The Life and Habits of Wild Animals, illustrated by designs by Joseph Wolf, London 1874

Pan paniscus, pygmy chimpanzee
Photographed by Frank Greenaway

Bronze bust of a chimpanzee

All about Betel chewing
Watercolour by Olivia Fanny Tonge 1858-1949. 180 x 260mm. From one of sixteen sketchbooks presented to the Museum in 1952

Homo sapiens, Australopithecus, Neanderthal and Pan troglody
A display of models of hominids, including human, Australopithecus, Neanderthal and chimpanzee, on display in the Life Galleries at the Natural History Museum, London

Circus montage, including chimps tea party; an elephant, woman standing on a horese, dolphin, a seal balancing a ball and a dog jumping through a clowns hoop

Chimp with Tyre
A chimpanzee playing with a rubber tyre swinging on a rope. Date: 1960s

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