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… predecessors to the more formal zoological societies of the Victorian era. As the British Empire expanded, private and public menageries were populated by exotic animals seen as objects of fascination and wonder and whose aim was to … and New Daily Advertiser ; Middlesex Journal or Chronicle of Liberty, Jackson’s Oxford Journal and many others). The public opinion was soon outraged at the three-penny admission fee illegally required by the Queen’s Guard who refused to … Exhibition ̶ which are some of the most collectable items still on sale today ̶ were also produced functioning to publicise his menagerie as well as to promote businesses. The featured animals on the verso of the tokens – standing …
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