Dressed monkey giving writing lessons to a dog and a monkey, print, Numbered top right: 42., printmaker: Zacharie Noterman, 1830 - 1863, paper, etching, intaglio printmaking technique, drypoint, height 236 mm x width 316 mm, Print appeared in: Jacquemart, Jules-Ferdinand and Théophile Gautier. Société des Aquafortistes. Eaux-fortes modernes originales et inédites. Paris: Cadart & Luquet, 1863, vol. 1., dog, writing accessories, monkeys, apes, handwriting, writing as activity, A monochrome etching shows three anthropomorphic animals gathered around a table. On the left a dog with a dark coat leans forward over the table, its head turned toward the center. In the middle an animal with a lighter face and darker head looks downward with its paws on the table. On the right a seated figure wearing round spectacles and a jacket leans forward with hands resting on the table and head turned toward the center. In the foreground a plate, a bottle with a stopper, and a round loaf or hat sit on the...
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Dressed monkey giving writing lessons to a dog and a monkey, print, Numbered top right: 42., printmaker: Zacharie Noterman, 1830 - 1863, paper, etching, intaglio printmaking technique, drypoint, height 236 mm x width 316 mm, Print appeared in: Jacquemart, Jules-Ferdinand and Théophile Gautier. Société des Aquafortistes. Eaux-fortes modernes originales et inédites. Paris: Cadart & Luquet, 1863, vol. 1., dog, writing accessories, monkeys, apes, handwriting, writing as activity, A monochrome etching shows three anthropomorphic animals gathered around a table. On the left a dog with a dark coat leans forward over the table, its head turned toward the center. In the middle an animal with a lighter face and darker head looks downward with its paws on the table. On the right a seated figure wearing round spectacles and a jacket leans forward with hands resting on the table and head turned toward the center. In the foreground a plate, a bottle with a stopper, and a round loaf or hat sit on the table surface. The background consists of a textured wall with crosshatched shading and a lighter area behind the rightmost figure. The image is rendered with dense etched lines and varied crosshatching.

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Dressed monkey giving writing lessons dog monkey print Numbered top right 42 printmaker Zacharie Noterman 1830 - 1863 paper etching intaglio printmaking technique drypoint height 236 mm x width 316 mm Print appeared in Jacquemart Jules-Ferdinand Théophile Gautier Société des Aquafortistes Eaux-fortes modernes originales et inédites Paris Cadart & Luquet 1863 vol 1 writing accessories monkeys apes handwriting writing activity monochrome etching three anthropomorphic animals gathered table left dark coat leans forward head turned center middle animal lighter face darker head looks downward paws right seated figure wearing round spectacles jacket hands resting foreground plate bottle stopper round loaf hat sit table surface background consists textured wall crosshatched shading lighter area rightmost figure image rendered dense etched lines varied crosshatching

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