Photograph showing a slow loris hanging from a branch

PART OF:
The photographic library of the 'Daily Herald' newspaper
Made:
1937-10-10
Photograph titled 'Zoo's large-eyed trapeze artist!' Caption on Photograph titled 'Zoo's large-eyed trapeze artist!' Caption on

Photograph titled 'Zoo's large-eyed trapeze artist!' Caption on
Daily Herald Archive/Science Museum Group
© Mirrorpix

Photograph titled 'Zoo's large-eyed trapeze artist!' Caption on
Daily Herald Archive/Science Museum Group
© Mirrorpix

Photograph titled 'Zoo's large-eyed trapeze artist!' Caption on back reads: Jock, the Highland Slender Loris, with his peculiar bulging, glowing eyes seeming to light the way, shows how to hang from a branch with his hind feet in his den at the London Zoo. Jock, who comes from Ceylon, belongs to a species now almost extinct'.

Details

Category:
Photographs
Collection:
Daily Herald Archive
Object Number:
1983-5236/30020
Materials:
ink and paper (fibre product)
Measurements:
overall: 240 mm x 178 mm
type:
photograph
credit:
Daily Herald Archive at National Science and Media Museum