The Illustrated London News. Vol. XI. No. 228. For the Week Ending Saturday, November 6, 1847

London: The Illustrated London News, 1847. First Edition, First Printing. Loose_leaf. Very Good. 16 pages incl. front page Tall tabloid style weekly newspaper. 41cm x 28 cm. Illus.. Condition: disbound from collected volume with small cuts along the spine, otherwise quite sound with very minimal toning, supple paper and no markings of any kind. This issue contains a prominent article of approximately 1000-1200 words titled "Wombwell's Menagerie at Windsor Castle". The article is accompanied by two large wood engravings captioned "Wombwell's Menagerie in the Great Quadrangle, Windsor Castle" and "The Royal Visit to Wombwell's Menagerie" "Mr. Wombwell's collection, comprises about 500 individual specimens of wild beasts and birds, many of them of a very rare description; including the Syrian gazelle, the Peruvian llama, the East Indian sacred bull, the Polar Bear, ... and a splendid assemblage of African and Asiatic lions Panthers leopards and Bengal tigers and monkeys. Forty horses were employed to draw the caravan 14 in number which contained the animals; .... The collection possesses two additional merits- firstly, the animals are kept in a condition of cleanliness so that scarcely any unpleasant smell is perceivable and secondly, the brass band which performs marches, waltzes, and overtures during the exhibition is an exceedingly good one.