Bear Baiting Collection

The Loves of the Fox and The Badger, or The Coalition Wedding. January 7, 1784

'A Boxing Match on board H.M.S."Cambridge"; The pet bear "Bob" has now been transferred to the Zoological Gardens, 1890. From "The Graphic

Plan of Bankside, Early in the Seventeenth Century, (c1878). Creator: Unknown
Plan of Bankside, Early in the Seventeenth Century, (c1878). Map showing landmarks in the village of Southwark on the south bank of the River Thames ( Thamesis Fluvius )

Bear-Baiting in a Stuart Bear Pit, c1934. Illustration showing English mastiff dogs attacking a chained bear, a favourite amusement of the people in Stuart times

Plan of Bankside, Southwark, London, c1570. Showing the arenas for bull and bear baiting, the pike gardens and Winchester Park

The Bear Garden, Southwark, London, 1810. Artist
The Bear Garden, Southwark, London, 1810. The site of bear-baiting on Bankside, the Bear Garden stood near the Globe Theatre on the south bank of the Thames. With a description beneath

The Bear Garden, Southwark, London, c1600. The site of bear-baiting on Bankside, the Bear Garden stood near the Globe Theatre on the south bank of the Thames. Text below gives a description

Panoramic view of London, c1670. Artist: Wenceslaus Hollar
Panoramic view of London, c1670. View of London from Southwark, looking west up the River Thames with the Globe Theatre and the Bear Garden in the centre

Bear baiting at the time of Tsar Feodor I of Russia (From Illustrated Karamzin), 1836. Found in the collection of Russian State Library, Moscow

Globe Theatre, Bankside, Southwark (right) and the Bear Garden, c1597 (1825)
Globe Theatre, Bankside, Southwark (right) and the Bear Garden c1599 (1825). The Globe Theatre was opened in 1599 and is associated with performances of Shakespeares plays

Bear-baiting in Saxon times, (c1920). Artist: Richard Caton Woodville II
Bear-baiting in Saxon times, (c1920). Illustration from Story of the British Nation, Volume I, Walter Hutchinson, (London, c1920s)

Bear baiting. Illustration for The Grand Ducal, Tsarist and Imperial Hunting in Russia by N. Kutepov, 1896. Private Collection

Bronze matrix for making decorative plaques for helmets, 8th century
Viking bronze matrix for making decorative plaques for helmets, showing a man with an axe holding a chained bear, from Torslunda, Bjornhovda, Sweden

Detail of bear-hunt from the Devonshire Hunting Tapestries, 15th century
Detail of bear-hunt from the Devonshire Hunting Tapestries, made in Tournai, currently in the Victoria and Albert Museum, 15th century

Bear Garden, Southwark, London, after its third rebuilding, 1648. By this time plays and prize-fighting had been added to the original entertainment of bear baiting

Bear Garden, Southwark, London, 1574. Bear-baiting was a popular form of public entertainment. Woodcut based on a detail from Cornelis de Visschers print of London

Globe Theatre, Bankside, Southwark (right) and the Bear Garden, c1597 (1825)
Globe Theatre, Bankside, Southwark (right) and the Bear Garden c1599 (1825). The Globe Theatre was opened in 1599 and is associated with performances of Shakespeares plays

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