Sujet

'A Wild-Beast Shop', c1873. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

'A Wild-Beast Shop', c1873. Shop selling animals in Ratcliff Highway, London. Exotic animals for sale include a baboon, a cockatoo (perched near a stove), and an anteater. 'The wild-beast shops in this street have often been sketched by modern essayists. The yards in the neighbourhood are crammed with lions, hyenas, pelicans, tigers, and other animals in demand among the proprietors of menageries. As many as ten to fifteen lions are often in stock at one time, and sailors come here to sell their pets and barter curiosities. The ingenious way that animals are stored in these out-of-the-way places is well worth seeing'. 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

1873

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM19D50_155

Model release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

64,7Mo (3,9Mo) / 40,2cm x 40,3cm / 4749 x 4764 (300dpi)

Mots clés

ville animal A.J. Elwes A J Elwes route Londres intérieur le travail animaux chat chats rue achats magasin magasins oiseau oiseaux exotique pays mammifère métier félin Britannique Anglais primat singe perroquet ruelle babouin cockatoo avenue endroit Victorian siècle La Grande-Bretagne profession concept fourneau animal sauvage B&W MONOCHROME bête magasin de bêtes félins publication 19e siècle noir et blanc noir et blanc B W éditeur anteater bêtes dix-neuvie siècle The Print Collector Old and New London Unknown Ratcliff Highway Thornbury Cassell & Company Ltd Genera Papio George Walter Thornbury George Walter Petter Galpin & Co Galpin & Company St George Street AJ Elwes Elwes AJ Elwes A J Elwes A.J.