Simia quam similis turpissima bestia nobis
Maker
(artist)
1610-1690
(engraver)
1739-1819
(publisher)
1709-1780
1610-1690
(engraver)
1739-1819
(publisher)
1709-1780
Title
Simia quam similis turpissima bestia nobis
Date of Production
1769
Medium
medium : material : ink & support : material : paper
Dimensions
Height: 21.3 cm
Width: 24 cm
Width: 24 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.2222
Mode of Acquisition
Witt Library, transfer, 1990
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
Information not yet known or updated
Inscriptions
Inscription: Recto: lower left edge, black ink: "Ab ejusd: magnitud: Pictura D. Teniers."; lower centre, black ink: "Simia quam similis turpissimia bestia nobis. // Do Chattering Monkies mimick men, // Or We turn'd Apes outmonkie them? // Publish'd & Sold by Fran. Vivares Price 1. Shilling. Jany. 2. 1770."; lower right edge, black ink: "Scalpebat J. Caldwall Londini 1769.".
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