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Four engraved views of monkey skulls on cream paper: two intact in profile above, two cut in vertical section below, showing teeth and braincase.

Skulls of male and female Capuchin monkeys, with vertical sections. Lithograph by G. Engelmann after C.P. Mazer, ca 1835.

Four lithograph views of monkey skulls sit on a cream page. The upper two show intact skulls in profile, and the lower two show the skulls cut vertically to reveal the brain cavity and teeth. Fine hatched shading models the bone in grey tones.

Artist
Mazer, Carl Peter, 1807-1884.
Date
1835
Medium
Lithographs
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
4000 × 3235 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1835.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

Español: Cráneos de monos capuchinos con cortes verticales, litografía

Cuatro vistas litográficas de cráneos de monos se disponen sobre una página color crema. Las dos superiores muestran cráneos intactos de perfil, y las dos inferiores, cráneos cortados verticalmente para revelar la cavidad craneal y los dientes. El sombreado fino de trazos modela el hueso en tonos grises.

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