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.
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.