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A man exhibiting a counting horse with an unidentified object underneath. Engraving, 1785.

Two circus elephants performing to a crowd by drinking and eating from a table. Coloured lithograph.

Drury Lane Theatre, London: royal visitors looking at animals in enclosures. Lithograph by W. Taylor.

The trade unmasked : brutalities in animal training / Our Dumb Friends' League.

A street entertainer holding his performing poodle on a leash. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1816.

On the stage of the Drury Lane Theatre, Comedy is hanged, Tragedy is stabbed, and Sheridan the playwright lies dead drunk as the theatre is given over to animal entertainments. Coloured etching by S. De Wilde, 1808.

The wonder book of freaks and animals in the Barnum & Bailey greatest show on earth : 1898.

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A man exhibiting a counting horse with an unidentified object underneath. Engraving, 1785.

A street entertainer holding his performing poodle on a leash. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1816.

Two circus elephants performing to a crowd by drinking and eating from a table. Coloured lithograph.

Always on the move... : Glaxo antibiotic products are inexpensive to stock and always on the move from your shelves ...

The wonder book of freaks and animals in the Barnum & Bailey greatest show on earth : 1898.