The Fencing Master

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A monkey armed with a buttoned foil is practicing a lunge, guided by his fencing master — The fencing master.
(Plate 10.)

Artist

Name:: Huet, Christophe
Dates:: 1694 or 1700-1759
Country:: France

Illustration

Subject:: Animals, Humor
Technique:: Etching
Engraver:: Guélard, Jean-Baptiste
Format:: Landscape (wider)
Source:: The Getty Research Institute, The Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Singeries, ou différentes actions de la vie humaine representées par des singes
Author(s):: Huet, Christophe
Publisher:: Paris: Daumont, n.d. [ca. 1740]
Open Library:: View record

Description

A monkey wearing a shirt and breeches and armed with a buttoned foil is seen from the side practicing a lunge, guided by his fencing master who wears a tricorne.

The caption reads in the original French: Le maître d’armes.

Keywords: 1740s, 18th century, anthropomorphic, black & white, monkey, sport, sword