Plate 8, Le Maître de Musique (The Music Master), Singeries ou différentes actions de la vie humaine représentées par des singes (Monkey Antics or Different Actions of Human Life Represented by Monkeys)

Plate 8 of a series of 23 prints featuring monkeys acting as humans in various figural scenes. In outdoor setting, a figural scene of a music lesson, the monkey instructor in gentleman's costume teaching his students, who are cats. The monkey holds a sheet of music in his left hand and a scroll in his right hand, directing his pupils. He has a violin strapped across his body. At his feet, one cat holds a sheet of music and looks up at his instructor. The other cat at center plays a dulcimer.