Print Collection
1830
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1830
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
This print shows a monkey dressed like a person, acting out a human scene. It comes from a time when exotic animals were rare in Britain. Artists often gave them human traits to make them more relatable. The image is linked to a real animal kept in a royal menagerie. That was like a zoo before zoos existed. Check out the Victoria and Albert Museum.
