Advertisement for Wombwell's Menagerie, which was exhibited at Windsor Castle for the Royal Family in 1847. At the top is the royal coat of arms, flanked by elephants and onlookers. The main picture shows a tent containing cages in which are lions, with a band playing at the entrance, and the Quadrangle of the Castle, with the Round Tower behind. At the bottom is a procession of horse-drawn wagons entering the castle, with the words "rhinoceros, " "elephants" and "tigers" painted on them. The caption reads: "Wombwell's royal and unrivalled national zoological establishment, the same which had the distinguished honour of exhibiting at Windsor Castle, on the 28th. Octr., 1847, by the special command of Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria . . . " 1840-1849: print, drawn and lithographed by G. Webb
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