Coloured engraving of Surrey Zoological Gardens

Coloured engraving of Surrey Zoological Gardens, Walworth, London, England. Engraving after the drawing by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd. In about 1830 Edward Cross kept his menagerie here, and in 1830 exhibited an Indian rhinoceros for which he paid £800. Conservatory 300 ft. in circumference containing over 6, 000 sq. ft. of glass, and at the time the largest glass building in England

Circumference Conservatory Containing Exhibited Hosmer Kept Menagerie Paid Rhinoceros Walworth Zoological

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