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Plate 9, Les Paniers de Chasse (The Hunting Baskets), 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 9 of a series of 23 prints featuring monkeys acting as humans in various figural scenes. In outdoor setting, a figure of a monkey in human costume riding on the back of a hunting dog. He holds the dog's leash in his right hand and a dead bird in his left. At the dog's side is a lined basket for storing the catch.

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  • Title: Plate 9, Les Paniers de Chasse (The Hunting Baskets), 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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