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18thC Dutch couple drinking wine with a Bornean orangutan at the dining table. A female ourang outang was described by Dutch naturalist Dr. Arnout Vosnaer at the Prince of Oranges menagerie in 1776. She could eat with a fork and spoon, and drink Malaga wine in a glass. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Reverend Thomas Smiths The Naturalists Cabinet, or Interesting Sketches of Animal History, Albion Press, James Cundee, London, 1806. Smith, fl. 1803-1818, was a writer and editor of books on natural history, religion, philosophy, ancient history and astronomy.
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18thC Dutch couple drinking wine with a Bornean orangutan at the dining table. A female ourang outang was described by Dutch naturalist Dr. Arnout Vosnaer at the Prince of Oranges menagerie in 1776. She could eat with a fork and spoon, and drink Malaga wine in a glass. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Reverend Thomas Smiths The Naturalists Cabinet, or Interesting Sketches of Animal History, Albion Press, James Cundee, London, 1806. Smith, fl. 1803-1818, was a writer and editor of books on natural history, religion, philosophy, ancient history and astronomy.
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18TH CENTURY • 18TH CENTURY, THE • 18TH CENTURY. • 18TH • ALBION PRESS • ANECDOTE • ANIMAL • ANIMALS • BEVERAGE: WINE • BORNEAN ORANGUTAN • BORNEO • COPPERPLATE ENGRAVING • CRITICALLY ENDANGERED • DINING TABLE • DR. ARNOUT VOSNAER • DRINKING • DUTCH COUPLE • FEMALE • FEMALE. • FEMALES • GLASS • HANDCOLOURED • INDOOR • INSIDE VIEW • INSIDE • INTERIOR • INTERIORS • JAMES CUNDEE • MALAGA WINE • MENAGERIE • MONKEY • MONKEYS • NATURAL HISTORY • NATURAL SCIENCES • NATURALIST • NATURALISTIC • NATURALISTS CABINET, THE • NATURE STUDY • OR INTERESTING SKETCHES OF ANIMAL HISTORY • ORANG-OUTANG • ORANG-UTAN • ORANGUTAN • OURANG OUTANG • PARTY • PONGO PYGMAEUS • PRINCE OF ORANGE • REVEREND THOMAS SMITH • SCIENTIFIC ILLUSTRATION • TABLE MANNERS • WILLIAM V • WINE • XVIII CENTURY • ZOOLOGY
