A Rare c.1900 Cased Taxidermy Study of a Rhesus Macaque Monkey sub-Religion & Relics with the nineteenth century paintwork

with the nineteenth century paintwork still very much apparent

the whole with tassel fringes survives from the first quarter of the twentieth century

the cage has no replacement parts nor has it been restored or cleaned in any way

This particular safe model is similar to

in ointment

A Rare c.1900 Cased Taxidermy Study of a Rhesus Macaque Monkey sub-Religion & Relics with the nineteenth century paintworkOrigin: English Period: Late Victorian Edwardian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1895 1915 The Case: Depth: 6 inches Width: 15 inches Height: 17. 5 inches The Rhesus Macaque (Macaca mulatta) specimen housed within a naturalistic setting of a mock cactus plant amongst reeded grasses with a sky blue painted background, the monkey depicted clenching a monkey nut in its grasp, the whole housed in a black painted and glazed display case surviving from the