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Menageries

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  • The gigantic giraffe or camelopard, the gensbok, or ibex of the Egyptians, the bontibok, and the gazelle : neither of which were ever before brought to the continent of America, and but barely seen in any part of the civilized world ...
  • The gigantic giraffe or camelopard, the gensbok, or ibex of the Egyptians, the bontibok, and the gazelle : neither of which were ever before brought to the continent of America, and but barely seen in any part of the civilized world ...
  • A menagerie of animals with the heads of politicians. Coloured etching by "Aqua Fortis" after W.H. Brooke after "Satirist", 1812.
  • Mullett's exhibition of living wonders has just arrived in town : the English giant girl miss Emma Harrington, aged 9 years and 3 month ; weighs the amazing weight of 14 stone ...
  • The gigantic giraffe or camelopard, the gensbok, or ibex of the Egyptians, the bontibok, and the gazelle : neither of which were ever before brought to the continent of America, and but barely seen in any part of the civilized world ...
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Catalogue

    • Pictures
    • Online

    Jardin des Plantes, Paris: as seen from across the river with the Pont d'Austerlitz and Prise de l'Arsenal. Coloured line engraving.

    | Reference: 21890i
    • Books

    Hendrik Engel's Alphabetical list of Dutch zoological cabinets and menageries / prepared by Pieter Smit with the assistance of A.P.M. Sanders and J.P.F. van der Veer.

    Engel, Hendrik, 1898-1981. | Date: 1986
    • Books

    The afterlives of animals : a museum menagerie / edited by Samuel J.M.M. Alberti.

    | Date: 2011
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    Jardin des Plantes, Paris: figures strolling the grounds alongside the glasshouses. Coloured lithograph by J. Jacottet.

    Jacottet, Louis-Julien, 1806-1880. | Date: R. de Seine 57 | Reference: 21886i
    • Books

    Menagerie : the history of exotic animals in England, 1100-1837 / Caroline Grigson.

    Grigson, Caroline, 1935- | Date: 2016
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