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Cage Collection

Background imageCage Collection: Miners By Sasha

Miners By Sasha
1930: Using his newly developed Sashalight, photographer Sasha has taken this picture of coal miners in the emergency cage

Background imageCage Collection: Don Quixote - before the door of the cage

Don Quixote - before the door of the cage
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore from the story The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes. He posted himself just before the door of the cage

Background imageCage Collection: La Fontaines Fables - The Raven

La Fontaines Fables - The Raven
Vintage engraving from La Fontaines Fables, Illustraed by Gustave Dore. The Raven who wished to imitate the Eagle

Background imageCage Collection: Don Quixote - The Caged Lion

Don Quixote - The Caged Lion
Vintage engraving of a scene from Don Quixote, The Caged Lion. Illustrated by Gustave Dore

Background imageCage Collection: The enchantment of Don Quixote

The enchantment of Don Quixote
" The enchantment of Don Quixote. Engraving from 1870. Engraving by Gustave Dore, Photo by D Walker."

Background imageCage Collection: Showcat

Showcat
10th November 1954: Bellever Calchas Dasheux, a showcat bred by M. Desbrieres of Paris and owned by Mrs Regan, beside its hot water bottle

Background imageCage Collection: The Lion Queen

The Lion Queen
This 1864 vintage illustration features a female lion tamer

Background imageCage Collection: Human thorax, shoulder girdle, and pelvis posterior view

Human thorax, shoulder girdle, and pelvis posterior view

Background imageCage Collection: Fishing net

Fishing net
Illustration of a fishing net

Background imageCage Collection: Diagram of rib cage, heart, lungs, diaphragm, cross-section

Diagram of rib cage, heart, lungs, diaphragm, cross-section

Background imageCage Collection: Illustration of slave feeding caged birds in Moctezrmas aviaries

Illustration of slave feeding caged birds in Moctezrmas aviaries

Background imageCage Collection: Black and white illustration of butterfly rearing cage with cuttings of food plants in jar

Black and white illustration of butterfly rearing cage with cuttings of food plants in jar

Background imageCage Collection: Silk lantern

Silk lantern

Background imageCage Collection: Guinea pig

Guinea pig

Background imageCage Collection: Brown bear -Ursus arctos- in captivity

Brown bear -Ursus arctos- in captivity

Background imageCage Collection: Cow feeding young calf in pound, (B&W)

Cow feeding young calf in pound, (B&W)

Background imageCage Collection: Crocodile in cage, (B&W), elevated view

Crocodile in cage, (B&W), elevated view

Background imageCage Collection: Turkeys in cage

Turkeys in cage

Background imageCage Collection: Leopard Breakfast

Leopard Breakfast
circa 1935: A Leopard in the Bostock and Wombbells Menagerie watches for his keeper to bring his breakfast. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageCage Collection: Protective Mother

Protective Mother
circa 1908: A lioness protecting her cubs holds a stick in her mouth at Bostocks Jungle, Earls Court. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageCage Collection: Leopard Breakfast

Leopard Breakfast
circa 1935: A Leopard in the Bostock and Wombbells Menagerie watches for his keeper to bring his breakfast. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageCage Collection: They re More My Size

They re More My Size
28th February 1953: A young boy examines an exhibit in a glass cage in the elephant room in the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageCage Collection: Caged Monkey

Caged Monkey
9th February 1946: Monty the monkey who performs with Chessington Circus. Original Publication: Picture Post - 3080 - The Circus Gets Ready For The Road Again - pub

Background imageCage Collection: Ferret

Ferret
2nd February 1946: A ferret in a laboratory during experiments into the influenza virus. Original Publication: Picture Post - 3078 - Can We Beat Influenza - pub

Background imageCage Collection: Prediction By Chicken

Prediction By Chicken
A cage containing two chickens, circa 600 BC. In ancient Greece, the birds were thought to predict the future according to the manner of their feeding

Background imageCage Collection: Lion Enclosure

Lion Enclosure
18th April 1928: Fay, an Indian lioness ingnores the fur coated visitor outside her cage at the zoo. (Photo by London Express/Getty Images)

Background imageCage Collection: Seaside Zoo

Seaside Zoo
August 1891: Animals huddle in tiny cages on a cart. A mobile zoo, or menagerie, on the sands at Yarmouth has drawn a small crowd of children

Background imageCage Collection: Leopard

Leopard
circa 1900: A woman watching a caged leopard at the zoo. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageCage Collection: Zoo Gnu

Zoo Gnu
February 1907: A gnu in a zoo enclosure. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageCage Collection: Polar Bears

Polar Bears
February 1907: Two Polar bears in a zoo enclosure. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageCage Collection: Zoo Kangaroo

Zoo Kangaroo
June 1908: A kangaroo being handled by keepers as it arrives at a zoo. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageCage Collection: The Lions Cage

The Lions Cage
January 1909: Mr Denman, Fellow of the Zoological Society, at the lions cage. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageCage Collection: The Mandrills Cage

The Mandrills Cage
January 1909: Mr Denman, Fellow of the Zoological Society, giving a mandrill a nibble. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageCage Collection: Leopard

Leopard
circa 1909: A Fellow of the Zoological Society in his top hat reaches out to a caged Prince of Wales leopard at the zoo. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageCage Collection: Cat Fight

Cat Fight
June 1928: In the same cage a lion and a tiger are outstaring each other. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageCage Collection: King Of The Jungle

King Of The Jungle
3rd November 1932: A lion lies on a platform in a barren cage. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageCage Collection: Leopard Cub

Leopard Cub
circa 1935: A Leopard cub in a cage at the zoo. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Background imageCage Collection: Tiger Cubs

Tiger Cubs
16th December 1935: Three tiger cubs in a cage at Whipsnade Zoo view a Christmas cracker with great suspicion. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageCage Collection: Lions Den

Lions Den
13th September 1938: The lion at Chessington Zoo, Surrey. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageCage Collection: Calf Giraffe

Calf Giraffe
circa 1955: A giraffe calf having its neck nuzzled by an adult giraffe stretching from an adjacent enclosure in Detroit Zoo, Michigan. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images)

Background imageCage Collection: Brown Bear Cub

Brown Bear Cub
15th May 1957: A three month old Brown Bear cub at Maidstone Zoo Park. (Photo by Reg Speller/Fox Photos/Getty Images)


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