A monkey wearing spectacles reads the Times newspaper, with the Examiner under his arm, sitting beside a globe. Etching by T. Landseer, 1827.

  • Landseer, Thomas, 1795-1880.
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1 December 1827
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16104i
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A monkey wearing spectacles reads the Times newspaper, with the Examiner under his arm, sitting beside a globe. Etching by T. Landseer, 1827. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Published as "News from Navarino". It refers to the naval battle of Navarino, 20 October 1827, in which Russia, France and Britain successfully fought in support of Greek independence from the Ottoman empire

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London (6 Pall Mall) : Moon, Boys & Graves ; Paris (Boulevard des Italiens) : Pieri Bernard, 1 December 1827.

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1 print : etching

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"Get thee glass eyes; And like a scurvy politician, seem To see the things thou dost not." - King Lear.

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Wellcome Collection 16104i

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