Picture No | 10219952 |
Date | 1847 |
Description | Wombwell's Menagerie at Windsor Castle, 1847. |
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Tents of Wombwell's Menagerie in the Great Quadrangle of Windsor Castle during the Windsor Michaelmas Fair, October 1847. Wombwell's was a cross between a zoo and a circus, exhibiting a large number of dangerous and exotic animals in cages and also employing a number of animal trainers to give shows.
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Source | The Illustrated London News. 1847, page 297 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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