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Description: | Travelling exhibitions of live animals (menageries) were popular in the 19th century, and were considered to be educational. This picture shows the animals crowded together in a small space, though this may be partly because the artist wanted to show as many different animals as possible. The most popular 19th-century animal collection was Wombwell's Travelling Menagerie, which travelled the country from 1810. | Publisher: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Temporal: | Production date: 1810 to 1820 | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Creator: | unknown | Identifier: | http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/artonline/se... | Go to resource |
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