Menageries [ Sports & Leisure / Politics & Society / Social interaction ]
… nobility and ordinary Georgians who visited menageries with a desire to marvel at wild animals imported from Africa, the Americas, Asia and later from Australia. The exhibition of unfamiliar animals resulted into polite and satirical … necessary to ensure the authenticity of such a luxury good. In the reign of George III, bears were imported from North America and Russia and were mainly exhibited in the Tower. Dancing and performing bears walked the streets of London and …
Advertisement | Animals | Aristocracy | Australia | Curiosity | Exhibitions | Exoticism | Fragrance | Menageries | Travel
Encyclopedia