Study of the head of an Orangutan

Study of the head of an Orangutan

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Robert Hills O.W.S. (1769-1844)
Study of the head of an Orangutan

Watercolour over traces of pencil
26.5 by 23.4 cm., 10 ½ by 9 ¼ in. (Image size)

Provenance:
With P & D Colnaghi, London
Barbara and Ernest Kafka

See article Going the whole orang: Darwin, Wallace and the natural history of orangutans in Science Direct for a history of the Orangutan in UK incl. Queen Vic visiting