Artwork Title: Stephen and Virginia Courtauld with their pet ring-tailed lemur Mah-Jongg

Stephen and Virginia Courtauld with their pet ring-tailed lemur Mah-Jongg, 1934

Leonard Campbell Taylor

Artwork Title: Stephen and Virginia Courtauld with their pet ring-tailed lemur Mah-JonggArtwork Title: Stephen and Virginia Courtauld with their pet ring-tailed lemur Mah-JonggArtwork Title: Stephen and Virginia Courtauld with their pet ring-tailed lemur Mah-JonggArtwork Title: Stephen and Virginia Courtauld with their pet ring-tailed lemur Mah-Jongg
In Leonard Campbell Taylor's portrait of the Courtaulds in the music room of their residence (47 Grosvenor Square) Jongy sits next to Virginia Courtauld, on the arm of her chair. Mah-Jongg or Jongy was a ring-tailed lemur who was owned by Virginia and Stephen Courtauld. Jongy was purchased at Harrods in 1923 and lived with the Courtaulds for fifteen years, accompanying the couple on their travels and changes of residence. Jongy died at Eltham Palace, Greenwich, in 1938. Stephen Courtuald sponsored the 1930-31 British Arctic expedition. On the morning of the expedition's departure, the Courtaulds held a farewell lunch on board the yacht. Jongy bit the hand of Percy Lemon, the expedition's wireless operator, severing an artery. Iodine was provided, to which Lemon proved allergic. It took Lemon 3 months to recover, delaying the expedition. Jongy had his own room at Eltham Palace. The room was centrally heated with a ladder (made of bamboo) that accesses the entrance to the house. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mah-Jongg_(lemur))
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