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Plate 5, Le Faucon (The Falcon), Singeries ou différentes actions de la vie humaine représentées par des singes (Monkey Antics or Different Actions of Human Life Represented by Monkeys)

Christophe Huetca. 1743

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Plate 5 of a series of 23 prints featuring monkeys acting as humans in various figural scenes. In an outdoor setting, a figure of a male monkey dressed as a gentleman hunter, wearing a waistcoat with buttons, tunic, and pants. He holds a falcon wearing blinders (a hood concealing the bird's eyes) in his left hand and turns to face the left. In his right hand, he holds the leash of a hunting dog--the hound has its eyes near the ground at left.

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  • Title: Plate 5, Le Faucon (The Falcon), Singeries ou différentes actions de la vie humaine représentées par des singes (Monkey Antics or Different Actions of Human Life Represented by Monkeys)
  • Creator: Christophe Huet, French, 1700–1759, Jean-Baptiste-Antoine Guelard, French, 1719–ca. 1755
  • Date Created: ca. 1743
  • Location Created: Paris, France
  • Publisher: Charpentier, Paris, France
  • Original Source: See this work of art on the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum website
  • Medium: Etching on paper
  • Credit line: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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