… the entertainments provided by some aristocratic places such as Devonshire House and Holland House. Although ‘no great celebrity’ 1 , Berry, like other salonnières, knew a large number of literati, politicians, and artists, and through her …
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… by 1792 also contained some of the first kangaroos to arrive in Britain, including a female zebra who quickly became a celebrity for her ungovernable behaviour and vicious personality. Notably, crowds flocked to see Queen Charlotte’s zebra …