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Plate 7, Le Lavement Donné (The Enema Given), 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 7 of a series of 23 prints featuring monkeys acting as humans in various figural scenes. In outdoor setting, a group of three monkey figures dressed in human costume. The monkey at left reclines with its rear end exposed. He holds his hand at his head and has a shocked expression. The other two monkeys at right prepare to give him an enema. A kneeling monkey in the background holds the reclining monkey's tail and points. A seated monkey in the foreground holds a large syringe to the rear end of the reclining monkey.

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  • Title: Plate 7, Le Lavement Donné (The Enema Given), 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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