Picture No | 10219950 |
Date | 1850 |
Description | The Death of Ellen Bright at Wombwell's Menagerie 1850 |
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Ellen Bright (1832 - 1850), a 'Lion Queen' animal trainer, being attacked by a tiger during the course of a performance at Wombwell's Menagerie, Chatham, January 1850. Ellen Bright sustained fatal wounds from the tiger's attack and died shortly thereafter.
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Source | The Illustrated London News. 1850 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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