Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Under the immediate patronage of Her Most Gracious Majesty ... Wombwell's mammoth zoological no. 1 menagerie, the largest in the world : Sevenoaks, during the fair ... Performing male elephant ... Lion & lioness! ... The monster Bengal tiger! ... Senegal leopardess ... Great Arctic monsters; or polar bears. Striped or untameable hyaenas! ... Highly trained group of 13 performing leopards! ... Mrs. Wombwell ... begs to assure her patrons, that her agents, whom she has appointed in every seaport, are constantly sending fresh novelties, so as to render it in every respect unique and replete.

Accession number
PML 146639, p. 492 (following)
Published
Manchester : John Port, Riding Court, St. Mary's Gate, [186-?]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Broadside printed in red and black within decorative border on yellow paper.
Illustrated with a wood engraving of a tiger standing over the body of a stag, a trainer performing with a group of leopards, and a crane or stork.
Broadside folded, inlaid, and inserted after p. 492 in v. 2 of an extra-illustrated copy of Henry Morley's Memoirs of Batholomew Fair (London : Chapman and Hall, 1859), see PML 146639.
Description
1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. (wood engraving) ; 88 cm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Classification
Department