Plate 12, Le Branle (The Branle), Singeries ou différentes actions de la vie humaine représentées par des singes (Monkey Antics or Different Actions of Human Life Represented by Monkeys)

Plate 12 of a series of 23 prints featuring monkeys acting as humans in various figural scenes. In outdoor setting, a group of monkey figures in human costume, both men and women, many of the men wearing elaborate feathered hats. They dance the Branle, popular in the 18th century, linking hands and turning in a circle.