Gallery›Wellcome Collection›An orang-utan carrying a girl into a tree as a man shoots arrows from below. Coloured engraving by J. Chapman, ca. 1795, after J.B. Ihle.
An orang-utan carrying a girl into a tree as a man shoots arrows from below. Coloured engraving by J. Chapman, ca. 1795, after J.B. Ihle.
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An orang-utan carrying a girl into a tree as a man shoots arrows from below. Coloured engraving by J. Chapman, ca. 1795, after J.B. Ihle.

Johann-Eberhard Ihle · 1795

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Lettering: The orang-outang carrying off a negro girl.

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