EditorialAn ape dressed in human clothes. A collection of cuttings from newspapers, advertisements, playbills, etc. VI-VIII. Trained Animals, Menageries, etc. ca. 1800-1860. Illustration. Source: 1889.b.10/6.(34). Language: English.
Editorialvan der Stradanus, Cranes Catching Snakes, n.d., engraving on paper, 8 1/16 in. x 10 11/16 in. (20.4 cm. x 27.2 cm.), Two hunters shielded by a tree witness a fierce battle of storks against snakes. Royal menageries in 16th century Europe featured bloo...
EditorialAn ape dressed in human clothes. A collection of cuttings from newspapers, advertisements, playbills, etc. VI-VIII. Trained Animals, Menageries, etc. ca. 1800-1860. Illustration. Source: 1889.b.10/6.(34). Language: English.
EditorialRoyal Agricultural Hall, Islington. World's Fair, c. 1879. Lessees H. & T. Read & F. Bailey. View of the hall with Christmas Tree, animals and various acts. A collection of pamphlets, handbills, and miscellaneous printed matter relating to Victorian en...
EditorialRoyal Agricultural Hall, Islington. World's Fair, 1884. Lessees and managers - H. & T. Read & F. Bailey. Grand Christmas and new year's carnival: - menagerie, & largest exhibitions in Europe. Monstre group of full-grown forest-bred lions and lionesses....
EditorialLe élèphants de la pagode.' 2 acte. Déjeuner. Galerie dramatique. Theatre du cirque olympique. A coloured illustration of two performing elephants. Both are wearing a caparison, with gold trmming. [A collection of cuttings from newspapers, advertise...
EditorialJay (one of a pair), 1740, German, Meissen, Hard-paste porcelain, gilt bronze, Height: 18 in. (45.7 cm), Ceramics-Porcelain, Porcelain birds have their origins in the princely tradition of maintaining collections of living animals and birds in menageri...
EditorialPair of Grey Parrots, mid-18th century, or later, German, Meissen, Hard-paste porcelain, gilt bronze, Height (with base): 14 in. (35.6 cm), Ceramics-Porcelain, Porcelain birds have their origins in the princely tradition of maintaining collections of l...
EditorialMagpie (one of a pair), 1733, German, Meissen, Hard-paste porcelain, H. 21 3/8 in. (54.3 cm.), Ceramics-Porcelain, Porcelain birds have their origins in the princely tradition of maintaining collections of living animals and birds in menageries and avi...
EditorialMallard duck (one of a pair), ca. 1750, German, Meissen, Hard-paste porcelain, H. 11 x W. 10 3/16 x D. 5 5/8 in. (27.9 x 25.9 x 14.3 cm), Ceramics-Porcelain, Porcelain birds have their origins in the princely tradition of maintaining collections of liv...
EditorialBittern (one of a pair), ca. 1750, German, Meissen, Hard-paste porcelain, Height: 14 3/8 in. (36.5 cm), Ceramics-Porcelain, Porcelain birds have their origins in the princely tradition of maintaining collections of living animals and birds in menagerie...
EditorialParrot (one of a pair), ca. 1740, German, Meissen, Hard-paste porcelain, Height: 7 3/8 in. (18.7 cm), Ceramics-Porcelain, Porcelain birds have their origins in the princely tradition of maintaining collections of living animals and birds in menageries ...
EditorialMagpie (one of a pair), 1733, German, Meissen, Hard-paste porcelain, H. 21 in. (53.3 cm.), Ceramics-Porcelain, Porcelain birds have their origins in the princely tradition of maintaining collections of living animals and birds in menageries and aviarie...