Mary Evans Chunee the elephant 10269399

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Picture No	10269399
Date	1826
Description	Chunee the elephant
Details	Chunee (or Chuny) the elephant, killed at Cross's Menagerie, Exeter Exchange, London. Chunee was brought to London from India in 1809 or 1810 and joined the menagerie at Exeter 'Change on the Strand, bought by Edward Cross in 1817. He was tame but became violent towards the end of his life and was thought too dangerous to keep. Soldiers were summoned to shoot Chunee but 152 musket rounds later the elephant was still alive, and had to be finally killed by a keeper with a sword.
Source	Engraving by George Cruikshank in the Every-Day Book by William Hone
Credit	Mary Evans Picture Library
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