George Wombwell (Menagerist)

#MonochromeMonday #EastCoastKin #HighgateCwtery #London #ROAR

The panther and sea-monster, and lots of weird animals too, were sold from a man named Timothy Mills, bird and animal seller and menagerist, Haymarket, London.

And here is the handbill with the offered animals in the 1760s I am refering to:

"for ready Money only" it says. So have your money ready, and check this digital copy of the handbill printed in #earlymodern London:

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Our local cemetery in Highgate, North London has a superb sleepy lion, Nero, marking the grave of a Victorian menagerist, George Wombwell, who travelled the country showing his animals.

Day 24 of #31DaysOfGraves is #Unique #Animal
The #grave of George Wombwell in Highgate #Cemetery in London has a sculpture of a lion called Nero, the tame star attraction of his #menagerie
He was gifted a coffin by Prince Albert for helping his sick dogs & was eventually buried in it
#darktourism

#TombTuesday
Meet Nero, the lion resting on one of Highgate Cemetery's wondrous tombs.
George Wombwell (1777-1850) was a menagerist, one of earliest showmen to tour exotic animals + breed lions in captivity.
All well below current standards, but w a place in history.
On @cbalondon.bsky.social visit.

if i had various sorts of animals and contraptions i might be a menagerist or a mechanic

Review: Rinse & repeat with Buntport’s ‘The Menagerist’
>The troupe’s new show partners with Regan Linton for a word or three about disability in theatre
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Some of my favourite graves at Highgate Cemetery were the ones decorated with animals. Nero the lion belonged to a menagerist and the huge (apparently life sized!) dog belonged to famous Victorian prize fighter Tom Sayers.

A tardigrade-inspired monstrosity just casually doggy paddling its way through our reality.

I love the chubby little arms on this beastie.

#sculpture #tardigrade #ceramics #clayart #scottishartist #menagerist

For a change - going through my photos, found this one: there are a number of animal tombs in Highgate Cemetery but most are C19th (including confusingly, a dog called Lion, and an actual lion on the menagerist Wombwell's tomb) - this one, with a sleeping cat, for Anna Clare Bootle, is 1985

My two big things I’m working on are a new album cover for my OC Ibari (it’s in the ugly stage, be patient with me!) and slowly bringing my Renn Fair costume - as a monster vendor known as The Menagerist - to life by way of sculpted, hand-painted upcycled pieces. Now I’m making eyeball flowers.

To those feeling the pace after last night's exertions, here's Harmonica Frank and his 1954 tonic to cure all yo' ills..

Happy New Year to all music, art and book lovers and a pox on all the tossers.

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30 years since the first date with the love of my life! We celebrated with a lovely trudge around the west side (ie. the fancy bit) of Highgate Cemetery and lunch afterwards at Lauderdale House café. 🪦🩶

The Robert Johnson chapter also introduced me to Harmonica Frank, an early Sam Phillips protege, who was clearly quite the character. Put me in mind of a primitive take on BAD's Medicine Show...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5da...