Le Jouer De Mandoline.
Decamps pinxt. Veyrassat Sc. Imp. Delamam. [French, 1850s.] Etching, 215 x 275mm. 8½ x 10¾". A monkey, artistically dressed, singing and playing a guitar on a table-top, reading from an open book of music draped over a chair; also glassware and cutlery. Apparently from a series showing apes engaged in creative human pursuits, 'L'Artiste' (lettered above image). After Alexandre Gabriel Decamps (1803 - 1860).
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