Sujet

'The Tower Menagerie about 1820', (c1872). Creator: Unknown.

Légende

'The Tower Menagerie about 1820', (c1872). Visitors at the menagerie in the Tower of London. Wild animals including lions were kept at the Tower from the 13th century. In the 18th century it was opened to the public; the admission price included the supply of a cat or dog to be fed to the lions. An inventory of 1800 listed a tiger, leopards, a hyena, a large baboon, various types of monkeys, and wolves. The menagerie closed in 1831 - there had been instances of visitors being bitten - and most of the animals were moved from their cramped conditions to the recently opened London Zoo. From Old and New London, Vol. II: A Narrative of Its History, Its People, and Its Places, by Walter Thornbury. [Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., London, Paris & New York]
The Print Collector collection

Date

1872

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM19D50_144

Model release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

59,7Mo (5,4Mo) / 45,3cm x 33,0cm / 5352 x 3899 (300dpi)

Mots clés

ville bâtiment bâtiments Londres le travail animaux pays métier Britannique Anglais château zoo fortification endroit Victorian siècle La Grande-Bretagne profession Tour de Londres B&W visiteurs visiteur MONOCHROME publication 19e siècle noir et blanc noir et blanc B W éditeur Jardins Zoologiques ménagerie dix-neuvie siècle The Print Collector William Henry Prior Old and New London Unknown Thornbury Cassell & Company Ltd George Walter Thornbury George Walter Prior William Henry Petter Galpin & Co Galpin & Company