John Cooper
John Cooper (1839 - 1926), famous lion-tamer. At ten years old having lost both parents, Cooper ran away from Birmingham, his native town, with Batty's Circus. Dubbed the youngest lion tamer at twelve in the World, he began a career which bought him into the presence of most of the crowned heads of Europe
Picture No
12021214
Media ID
47653340
Size
4200px x 5474px
(7.1MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Photograph in The Strand Magazine', July to Decemebr 1891, volume ii, page 293
Date
1891
