Antique Engraving of a Capuchin Monkey (Simia apella Linn.), A. Hoffer, ca.1800

1800 · Views & Engravings

Antique Engraving of a Capuchin Monkey (Simia apella Linn.), A. Hoffer, ca.1800

Name: Antique Engraving of a Capuchin Monkey (Simia apella Linn.), A. Hoffer, ca.1800
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-13674-64
Price: 270 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1800
Kind: Views & Engravings
Size: 28.4 × 22 cm (11.2 × 8.7 in)
Condition: Good. Good condition with slight age toning and minor handling marks typical for the period. Strong impression on laid paper with wide margins and visible plate mark. Slight edge wear at the top, otherwise very well preserved.
Period: The Early Republic
Reference: BG-13674-64

What the condition grades mean

Excellent: Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good: Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good: Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair: Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.

Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.

Guaranteed original. This is an original of the period stated, not a later reproduction or print-on-demand copy. If it is ever shown to be otherwise, we refund you in full.

Shipping to the United States. Sent from our gallery in Langweer, the Netherlands, flat between boards or rolled in a tube, and fully insured. Delivery and import charges.

About this piece

The capuchin monkey, labeled "Simia Apella Linn.", an original engraving by A. Hoffer, published around 1800. The Linnaean name is lettered beneath the figure, the engraver's credit "A. Hoffer sculps." appears at lower right, and the plate number appears at the upper right.

The monkey crouches on a gnarled branch, body turned slightly and head facing the viewer with a wide-eyed, alert expression. Its fur is drawn in short, dense strokes and its long tail is banded and curls in a wide arc down the right side. Below the branch lies a small landscape with a palm and rocky hills in the distance, and a few large leaves in the lower right corner.

Known today as the brown or tufted capuchin (Cebus apella), it is a South American primate that European naturalists described early. The Linnaean binomial follows Carl Linnaeus's system of the mid-18th century.

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