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A monkey in human dress is leaning on a stone which a satyr is engraving into. Etching by T. Landseer, 1827.

A large monkey dressed in rags is about to beat a smaller monkey with a bundle of brushwood. Etching by T. Landseer, 1827.

A monkey physician examining a cat patient for fleas. Coloured lithograph.

Interior of a dentist's surgery with animal participants. Reproduction of a coloured wood engraving.

Two monkey jockeys are riding a terrified donkey. Etching by T. Landseer after himself.

A monkey-alchemist pumps a bellows in a laboratory; alluding to the vanity of alchemy. Process print after J.P. Le Bas after D. Teniers the younger.

A monkey surgeon prepares to treat a monkey patient with a clyster, the latest French fashion accessory. Line engraving, ca. 1660.

A monkey barber-surgeon's establishment. Oil painting after David Teniers the younger.

A monkey holding a clyster in an apothecary's shop. Engraving by F. Basan after D. Teniers the younger.

Female apes in human clothes are brawling, restrained by male apes in human clothes. Etching by W. Heath.

Monkeys representing human beings in a tooth-drawer's surgery. Lithograph by L. Haghe after E. Bristow, 1828.

A man dressed in macaroni-style with a high head-dress meets a monkey dressed in the same style. Mezzotint, 1774.

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Monkeys representing human beings in a tooth-drawer's surgery. Lithograph by L. Haghe after E. Bristow, 1828.

Female apes in human clothes are brawling, restrained by male apes in human clothes. Etching by W. Heath.

A monkey holding a clyster in an apothecary's shop. Engraving by F. Basan after D. Teniers the younger.

A man dressed in macaroni-style with a high head-dress meets a monkey dressed in the same style. Mezzotint, 1774.

A monkey barber-surgeon's establishment. Oil painting after David Teniers the younger.