Simia Collection

Australopithecus afarensis (AL 288-1) (Lucy)
A partial skeleton (nicknamed Lucy) of Australopithecus afarensis found at the Hadar, North East Ethiopia in 1974 by Donald Johanson

Guy (1946-1978), a western lowland gorilla
Guy the gorilla was one of London Zoos best-loved residents. After his death, he lived on as a display and research specimen at the Natural History Museum

Crab-eating macaque, Macaca fascicularis. Simia aygula Linn. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Jakob Andreas Eisenmann after an illustration by Jacques de Seve from Johann Christian Daniel

Skeletons of man and ape
Skeletons of a man, Homo sapiens, and endangered lar gibbon, Hylobates lar (Simia lar). Lithograph from Georg Friedrich Treitschkes Gallery of Natural History

Red-tailed monkey, Cercopithecus ascanius (Blue-faced monkey, Simia ascanius). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by J. Pass after an illustration by Jean Baptiste Audebert from Ebenezer Siblys

Gray or Hanuman langur, Semnopithecus entellus
Gray langur or Hanuman langur, Semnopithecus entellus (Dufresnes monkey, Simia entellus). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by J

Skeleton of the Bornean orangutan, Pongo pygmaeus
Skeleton and skull of the Bornean orangutan, Pongo pygmaeus. Endangered. (Great Borneo ape, Simia satyrus.) Handcoloured copperplate engraving by J

Blond capuchin, Sapajus flavius. Critically endangered. (Simia flavia.) Drawn from nature by Johan Eberhard Ihle, engraved by Bock

Monkey orchid, Orchis simia. Handcoloured lithograph from Diederich von Schlechtendals German Flora (Flora von Deutschland), Jena, 1871

Nicobar crab-eating macaque, Macaca fascicularis. Simia cynomolgos Linn. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Sebastian Leitner after an illustration by Jacques de Seve from Johann Christian

Mandrill male, Mandrillus sphinx. Vulnerable. Simia maimon Linn. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Valentin Bischoff after an illustration by Jacques de Seve from Johann Christian Daniel

Diana monkey or Diana guenon, Cercopithecus diana. Vulnerable. Simia faunus Linn. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Sebastian Leitner after an illustration by Jacques de Seve from Johann

Long-tailed macaque, Macaca silenus. Endangered. Simia silenus L. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Joseph Kellner after an illustration by Jacques de Seve from Johann Christian Daniel Schrebers

Mandrill, Mandrillus sphinx. Vulnerable. Simia mormon Alstroem. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Sebastian Leitner from Johann Christian Daniel Schrebers Animal Illustrations after

Mandrill pair, Mandrillus sphinx. Vulnerable. Simia sphynx Linn. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Sebastian Leitner after an illustration by Jacques de Seve from Johann Christian Daniel

Barbary ape or macaque, Macaca sylvanus. Endangered. Simia silvanus Linn. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by C.D. Henning after an illustration drawn from nature by C. J. G

Red-handed or golden-handed tamarin, Saguinus midas. Simia midas. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Joseph Kellner after an illustration by George Edwards from Johann Christian Daniel Schrebers

Golden lion tamarin or golden marmoset, Leontopithecus rosalia. Endangered. Simia rosalia Linn. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Jakob Andreas Eisenmann after an illustration by Jacques de Seve

White-handed or lar gibbon, Hylobates lar. Endangered. Simia longimana. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Nussbiegel after an illustration by Jacques de Seve from Johann Christian Daniel

White-faced saki or Guianan saki, Pithecia pithecia. Simia pithecia Linn. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andreas Hoffer after an illustration by Jacques de Seve from Johann Christian Daniel

Philippine tarsier, Carlito syrichta. Simia syrichta Linn. The infant monkey tied to the mother with a grass belt. Copperplate engraving after an illustration by James Petiver from Johann Christian

White-headed capuchin monkey, Cebus capucinus. Simia capucina Linn. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Hermann Jakob Tyroff from Johann Christian Daniel Schrebers Animal Illustrations after

Tufted capuchin monkey, Sapajus apella. Simia trepida Linn. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Hermann Jakob Tyroff after an illustration by George Edwards from Johann Christian Daniel Schrebers

Toque macaque, Macaca sinica. Endangered. Simia sinica Linn. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Jakob Samuel Walwerth after an illustration by Jacques de Seve from Johann Christian Daniel

Sumatran orangutan, Pongo abelii. Critically endangered. Simia satyrus Linn. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Nussbiegel after an illustration by R

Young banded langur, Presbytis femoralis. Simia maura. Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn and engraved after nature by Hermann Jakob Tyroff from Johann Christian Daniel Schrebers Animal

Grivet monkey, Chlorocebus aethiops. Simia aethiops Linn. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Jakob Andreas Eisenmann after an illustration by Jacques de Seve from Johann Christian Daniel Schrebers

Lesser spot-nosed guenon, Cercopithecus petaurista. Simia petaurista. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Tyroff after an illustration by Joannis Jacobus Bylaert from Johann Christian Daniel

Greater spot-nosed monkey or putty-nosed monkey, Cercopithecus nictitans. Simia nictitans Linn. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Nussbiegel from Johann Christian Daniel Schrebers Animal

Southern talapoin monkey, Miopithecus talapoin. Simia talapoin Buff. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Hermann Jakob Tyroff after an illustration by Jacques de Seve from Johann Christian Daniel

Red-tailed guenon, Cercopithecus ascanius (Ascanius monkey, Simia ascanius). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder

Bee orchid, monkey orchid, moths and mite
Bee orchid, Ophrys apifera 1, monkey orchid, Orchis simia 2, rusty tussock moth, Orgyia antiqua 3, twenty-plume moth, Alucita hexadactyla 4, and Oribata geniculata mite 5

White-headed capuchin, Cebus capucinus (White-throated sai, Simia capucina). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by M. Griffith from Edward Griffiths The Animal Kingdom by the Baron Cuvier, London

Ursine howler monkey, Alouatta arctoidea (Ursine howling monkey, Simia ursina). Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Edward Griffiths The Animal Kingdom by the Baron Cuvier, London, Whittaker, 1824

Siamang, Symphalangus syndactylus. Endangered (Siamang, Simia syndactylus). Drawn and engraved by Thomas Landseer. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Edward Griffiths The Animal Kingdom by

Agile gibbon, Hylobates agilis. Endangered
Agile or black-handed gibbon, Hylobates agilis. Endangered. (Smaller gibbon, Simia lar minor) Drawn by Charles Hamilton Smith and engraved by M. Griffith

Cotton-top tamarin, Saguinus oedipus. Critically endangered (Pinche or red-tailed monkey, Simia oedipus). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by M

Golden-backed uakari, Cacajao melanocephalus (Cacajao monkey, Simia melanocephala). After a drawing by Alexander von Humboldt

Curtis British Entomology Plate 679
Lepidoptera: Acrolepia betulella Curtis = Acrolepiosis betulella (Curtis), Durham Tinea [Plant: Orchis simia (Monkey Orchis)] Date: 1824-39

Wallaces Orang Utan
Pongo pygmaeus, bornean orangutan specimen. An Alfred Russel Wallace specimen

Woman from Simia and a Woman of Pera (Istanbul)
Woman from Symi and a Woman of Pera (Istanbul) Date: 1821

Variegated baboon or mandrill, Mandrillus sphinx.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany, 1800

Homo heidelbergensis, Boxgrove Man
An artists impression of Boxgrove Man (Homo heidelbergensis) based on fossil evidence discovered at a quarry in Boxgrove, Chichester, W. Sussex

Wallaces Orang Utan
Pongo pygmaeus, bornean orangutan specimen. An Alfred Russel Wallace specimen

A Happy Family
Plate 13 taken from The Life and Habits of Wild Animals, illustrated with designs by Joseph Wolf, London 1874. Date: 1874

Tufted ape or mandrill, Mandrillus sphinx.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from The Naturalists Pocket Magazine; or, Complete Cabinet of the Curiosities and Beauties of Nature (1798-1802)

Fair monkey or silvery marmoset with bright red face and ears, Mico argentatus.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from The Naturalists Pocket Magazine; or

Bush-tailed, sajou or weeper capuchin monkey, Cebus olivaceus.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from The Naturalists Pocket Magazine; or

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