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Inscription: SIR EDWIN LANDSEER. R.A. PINX.T //

Inscription: T. LANDSEER. SCULP.T //

Inscription: THE MARMOZETTES. //

Inscription: T.O. /

Stamp: WITT / LIBRARY //

Label: THE MARMOZETTES. / THE Marmozette, or Brazilian monkey, when full grown, is from seven to / eight inches long, and the tail generally measures nearly a foot. A tuft / of white hair sticks out on each side of the head, and then shows a / strange contrast with the surrounding parts, which are black. We quote / a short account from the Rev. J. G. Wood's "Natural History:" - "The Marmozet / is a most interesting little creature. It is exceedingly sensitive to cold, and when in / England is ususally occupied in nestling among the materials for its bed, which it heaps / up in one corner, and out of which it seldom emerges entirely. It will eat almost / any article of food, but is especially fond of insects, which it dispatches in a very / adroit manner..... Its fondness for insects is carried so far, that it has been known / to pinch out the figures of beetles in entomological work, and swallow them.... / This pretty little monkey is also called the Quistiti, from its peculiar whistling cry when / alarmed or provoked." / The two pretty little animals represented here sitting on a large pineapple are / intently watching a wasp which has just settled before them, and of which they seem / anxious to make a prize. The expressions of the faces are in the artist's best style. / The picture was painted for the Queen, and hangs at Osborne. It has been / exhibited three times- (i) at the Royal Academy in 1842, (ii) at Paris in 1855, (iii) at / the International Exhibition, 1862. It was engraved by Thomas Landseer, the artist's / brother, for the Royal Gallery in 1858. //