Black and white silver gelatin portrait photograph of a chimpanzee on a crate surrounded by watching children, by John Hinde, 1947. Photographed for the book 'Britsh Circus Life' by Lady Eleanor Furneaux Smith, John Hinde and W J Turner, published by George G Harrap & Company Ltd, 1948. British Circus Life' followed a season the in life of a small, travelling circus, Reco Bros. This photograph was not published in the book. Black and white photograph proof for layout purpose, originals were colour transparencies, 3.5 x 2.5 inches, Kodachrome.