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11 images from works
  • 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 ...
  • The giant Gog extricating the dwarf Xit from a bear in the Lions Tower at the Tower of London, watched by Queen Mary I. Etching by George Cruikshank.
  • Jardin des Plantes, Paris: figures strolling the grounds alongside the glasshouses. Coloured lithograph by J. Jacottet.
  • Jardin des Plantes, Paris: as seen from across the river with the Pont d'Austerlitz and Prise de l'Arsenal. Coloured line engraving.
  • 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 ...
  • Important notice! : Edmonds' late Wombwell's Royal Windsor Castle Menagerie, will exhibit at Shrewsbury, on Friday, Saturday, and Monday, August 23rd, 24th, and 26th, and at Wellington, on Tuesday, augiust 27th, 1861, accompanied by that extraordinary race of men, the Zulu Kaffirs, or WILD MEN! of Africa : Maxos and Nonswenzo - who will go through their wonderful and extraordinary performances at each exhibition ...
  • The menagerie of Blaauw Jan (Jan Berentsz Westerhof) in Amsterdam: animals including ostriches, monkeys, lions and peacocks are shown in and around a large central cage, surrounded by people drinking at tables. Etching, 1751.

Works from the collections

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    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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