The Monkey Who Had Seen the World
| The Monkey Who Had Seen the World | |
|---|---|
| Artist | Edwin Landseer |
| Year | 1827 |
| Type | Oil on panel, genre painting |
| Dimensions | 47 cm × 54.6 cm (19 in × 21.5 in) |
| Location | Guildhall Art Gallery , London |
The Monkey Who Had Seen the World is an 1827 genre painting by the British artist Edwin Landseer. It was inspired by a fable by the Eighteenth Century English written John Gay. It was one of a number of subjects by Landseer featuring anthropomorphic monkeys to illustrate human traits such as cunning, flattery and cruelty. He portrays the well-travelled in the costume of a roccoco era dandy.[1]
The painting was displayed at the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition of 1827 at Somerset House in London, where it was generally praised by critics.[2] Today it is in the collection of the Guildhall Art Gallery in the City of London.[3]
References
Bibliography
- Bourke, Joanna. What It Means to be Human: Historical Reflections from the 1800s to the Present.
- Donald, Diana. Picturing Animals in Britain, 1750-1850. Yale University Press, 2007.
- Ormond, Richard. Sir Edwin Landseer. Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1981.