Menagerie Collection

A Select Committee, 1891, (c1930). Creator: Henry Stacy Marks
A Select Committee, 1891, (c1930). Anthropomorphic depiction of exotic birds including macaws, parrots, and sulphur-crested cockatoos. Painting in the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool

Exeter Change, Westminster
Interior view of Politos Royal Menagerie, Exeter Change, Strand, Westminster, London, 1812

Genetta tigrina (Cape genet), 1777-1786. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Genetta tigrina (Cape genet), 1777-1786. Genetkat (Genetta Tigrina), donated by Governor Ryk Tulbagh in 1759 to the Menagerie of Stadholder Willem V; Set up

A Lion from the Menagerie of King Louis Napoleon, 1808, 1808. Creator: Pieter Gerardus van Os
A Lion from the Menagerie of King Louis Napoleon, 1808, 1808

A travelling showman presents a musical menagerie, 1826-1864. Creator: Sophus Schack
A travelling showman presents a musical menagerie, 1826-1864

A Pelican and other Birds near a Pool, Known as ‘The Floating Feather, c.1680. Creator: Melchior d'Hondecoeter
A Pelican and other Birds near a Pool, Known as The Floating Feather, c.1680. Melchior d'Hondecoeter specialised in depicting birds

The Menagerie, c.1690. Creator: Melchior d'Hondecoeter
The Menagerie, c.1690

Hyena from the menagerie at Frederiksberg Castle, 1767. Creator: Jens Juel
Hyena from the menagerie at Frederiksberg Castle, 1767

Death of the "Lion Queen", in Wombwell's Menagerie, at Chatham, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Death of the "Lion Queen", in Wombwell's Menagerie, at Chatham [in Kent], 1850. It was the business of the deceased [17-year-old Ellen Blight] to go into the dens

Mr M. Fernolet Feeding Crocodiles in a Menagerie, at Bone Algeria, 1888. Creator: Unknown
Mr M. Fernolet Feeding Crocodiles in a Menagerie, at Bone Algeria, 1888. From, The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume 38. July to December, 1888

Study of a Nilgai (Blue Bull), Folio from the Shah Jahan Album, verso: ca. 1620; recto ca. 1540

Diving Dipper and Other Birds, Folio from the Shah Jahan Album, recto: ca. 1610-15; verso: ca. 1535-45

The Monkey Room in the Tower, December 20, 1799. December 20, 1799
The Monkey Room in the Tower, December 20, 1799

Twenty elephants in the flames, 1932. Creator: Unknown
Twenty elephants in the flames, 1932. Vingt Elephants dans les Flammes. A fire at a menagerie in Antwerp, Belgium. Front cover of " L Illustre du Petit Journal". [France, 1932]

Drama in a menagerie, 1930. Creator: Unknown
Drama in a menagerie, 1930. Un Drame Dans Une Menagerie. A man uses a metal trident in an attempt to stop a lion attacking his companion. Front cover of " Le Petit Journal Illustre"

Exeter Change in 1826, (1881). Creator: Unknown
Exeter Change in 1826, (1881). The Royal Menagerie at the Exeter Exchange on the Strand in London. The menagerie occupied the upper floors of the building from 1773 until it was demolished in 1829

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

The Menagerie in Barrackpore Park, 1820, (1925). Creator: Unknown
The Menagerie in Barrackpore Park, 1820, (1925). From British Government in India, Volume Two, by Lord Curzon of Kedleston. [Cassell and Company Ltd, London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne, 1925]

Fanny Howe, whelp d in the Tower, 1794. A tigress once housed in the Royal Menagerie at the Tower of London. The menagerie moved to Regents Park in 1834

View of the eastern entrance to Exeter Change, Westminster, London, 1829. Advertisments for Edward Crosss Menagerie and other shops, which were inside, can be seen

Extraordinary and Fatal Combat... between a lion and a tiger and tigress... Tower of London, 1830
Extraordinary and Fatal combat, which accidentally took place in the Tower of London [menagerie] on the 3rd of December, 1830 between a Lion and a Tiger and Tigress

Exeter Change, 1817. Artist: Henry Meyer
Exeter Change, 1817. Shows tigers in a cage, probably in crosss menagerie, which was housed in Exeter Change, Westminster, London. A boy is holding up a small child at the cage

Destruction of the noble elephant sat Mr Crosss Exeter Change, 1826. Artist
Destruction of the noble elephant sat Mr Crosss Exeter Change, 1826. Depicts Chunee, an elephant weighing 5 tons and an exhibit at Edward Crosss menagerie in Exeter Change

Destruction of the furious elephant at Exeter Change, 1826. Depicts Chunee, an elephant weighing 5 tons and an exhibit at Edward Crosss menagerie in Exeter Change

The Tower Managerie, 1878. Artist: Walter Thornbury
The Tower Managerie, 1878. All remaining animals transferred to the Regents Park in 1834. Engraving from Old and New London Volume 2. Published by Cassell, Petter and Galpin, 1878

Feeding the pets, 1880
Feeding the pets;, 1880. Print from The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, 15 May 1880

The Menagerie in the Gatchina Palace Park, 1792. Artist: Johann Jakob Mettenleiter
The Menagerie in the Gatchina Palace Park, 1792. Gatchina Palace in St Petersburg was built between 1766 and 1781 for Count Grigori Grigoryevich Orlov, a favourite of Catherine the Great

The incident at the menagerie, Montceau-les-Mines, France, 1891. Artist: Henri Meyer
The incident at the menagerie, Montceau-les-Mines, France, 1891. A print from a supplement to Le Petit Journal, 19th September 1891

Royal Menagerie, Exeter Change, Strand, London, c1820. Edward Cross kept his menagerie here until Exeter Change was demolished in 1829 and he moved it to the Surrey Gardens, Walworth c1830

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