'Semnopithecus melalophas' [Mitred leaf monkey] Vauxhall Gardens The boy in the pedal

The boy in the pedal car is Gordon Crosby's son

On 17th August 1859

Prince Alfred serenades his bride to be

was the first underwater tunnel in the world

'Semnopithecus melalophas' [Mitred leaf monkey] Vauxhall Gardens The boy in the pedalZoological study of the Mitred Leaf Monkey or Sumatran Surili Presbytis melalophos. Shown in profile and on all fours against a mountainous landscape. Plate 8 from The natural history of monkeys, by Sir William Jardine (Edinburgh, 1833) The Naturalist's Library. Mammalia. Vol. 1. Referred to in the text as 'The Simpai'. The plate is inscribed: 'PLATE 8. SEMNOPITHECUS MELAOPHAS Lizars sc.' Original: etching. 1833