Captivity Collection

Napoleon / St Helena Map
NAPOLEON I Map of the island of Saint Helena during his captivity

Suffragette W. S. P. U Badge Sylvia Pankhurst
Badge issued by the Womens Social & Political Union with design by Sylvia Pankhurst. This circular tin badge in purple, green and white, shows a young woman

Thylacinus cynocephalus, thylacine
The last known thylacine, or Tasmanian Wolf, to survive in captivity. It died on 7 September 1936 in the Beaumaris Zoo, Hobart, Tasmania

Lama pacos, alpaca
Alpaca. Llama Alpaca, 1884. Hand coloured lithograph of a drawing by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins from Gleanings from the Menagerie and Aviary at Knowsley Hall; Hoofed Quadrupeds, 1850

Giraffes in Zoo 1912
Two adults and a baby giraffe in captivity

Man in the Iron Mask, playing the cello in prison
There are conflicting theories as to who this man was. One is that he was Count Ercole Antonio Mattioli (Matthioli or Marchioly, 1640-1703), an Italian diplomat, arrested as Eustache Dauger in 1669

Common Raccoon - adult female, begging for food (Procyon lotor). Zoo in Ekaterinburg, Urals, Russia

Cetewayo (Cetshwayo), King of the Zulus, in captivity
Photograph of King Cetshwayo, taken after he was captured at the end of the Zulu wars

Blue and Yellow MACAWS / Blue and Gold macaws - X2 preening (Ara ararauna). Taman Burning Bali Bird Park, Bali Island, Indonesia

Indian Elephant in London Zoo 1896
Jung Perchard the Indian elephant was presented to Prince of Wales (Edward VII), during the shooting expeditions in Indian twenty years before in 1876

Eulemur macaco, black lemur
Plate 217 from Capter 7 of Gleanings of Natural History Vol. 5 by George Edwards (1694-1773), published 1758-1764. Entitled The Black Maucauco

Russia / 1918 / Royals
The Russian royal family in captivity at Tobolsk, where they were held from September 1917 to April 1918

Jingo the Zoo Elephant Goes to America 1903
Jingo a African elephant replacement to Jumbo at Zoological Society's Gardens (London Zoo). Children having a ride around Regent's Park

A Giraffe in a Zoo Date: circa 1920s

Babs the tiger cub at the London Hippodrome
Babs, a male tiger cub bred by Herr Richard Sawade, who was exhibiting his troupe of performing wild animals at the London Hippodrome

The Whale at the Westminster Aquarium - capture, transportation to London, attention en route, arrival and finally swimming in the Aquarium pond. Date: 1877

A pet cheetah in Paris, 1909
A pet cheetah affectionately licking the head of its young owner. The Sketch magazine reports that cheetahs are supposed to make excellent pets and are very fond of children. Date: 1909

Bottlenose Dolphin - recently born calf swims with mother (Tursiops truncatus). Oltremare lagoon Riccione Italy. The pregnancy lasted 54 weeks

PORCUPINE MEXICAN TREE
Mexican Tree Porcupine (synetheres prehensilis) in an aquarium at Le Havre. Date: 1885

JEWS IN CAPTIVITY
Nebuchadnezzar II, after defeating the Jews, takes many of them captive to Babylon, where they are very unhappy Date: 597 BC

Tiger and snake fight in the jungle
The Roaring Tiger of Johore - impression of a ferocious tiger caught by Frank Buck, who documented the catching of a tiger in the wild

Old Testament. Return from the Babylonian exile. Reconstruction of the Temple. Book of Ezra, Book I, Chapter III. Engraving by Gustave Dore. Colored

Mary Winchester, pictured after her release from captivity, pictured with Scubedar, an officer who took care of her following her release

Bottlenose Dolphin - recently born calf and mother - milking (Tursiops truncatus). Oltremare lagoon Riccione Italy. The pregnancy lasted 54 weeks

Bottlenose Dolphin - giving birth - showing new-born having just been delivered (Tursiops truncatus). Oltremare lagoon Riccione Italy. The pregnancy lasted 54 weeks

Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) and Risso s
Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) and Rissos Dolphin swimming underwater (Grampus griseus)

Bottlenose Dolphin with mouth open (Tursiops truncatus)

Reclining Lion
A subdued lion stretches out on the ground. (panthera leo)

Ruth Harkness and her baby Giant Panda Diana, 1938
Following the success of her trip to China to capture a live Giant Panda, Manhattan socialite Ruth Harkness(Mrs. William Harness Jnr)(1900-1947) returns to China for another Giant Panda

Bottlenose dolphin - with party hat & streamers (Tursiops truncatus). Digitally manipulated image

Fischers / Peach-faced Lovebirds - Hybrid. Ekaterinburg Zoo, Russia. Latin Agapornis fischeri & Agapornis rosiecollis

Bottlenose Dolphin - Newborn Baby / Calf dolphin showing foetal marks just after birth. (Tursiops truncatus). Foetal marks will disappear after one or two days

Bottlenose Dolphin - Newborn Baby / Calf nursing / feeding from Mother immediately after birth (Tursiops truncatus). Part of a sequence of imagesDolphin gestation / pregnancy lasts approx

Bears playing in their enclosure
The reverse of this card reads: Even the bears have to learn how to skip in Switzerland - don t you think they are very clever

Elephants / Howdah 19C
A family of Indian elephants in the wild, with a working elephant in the background

Ruth Harkness and her baby Giant Panda, Sun-Lin
Manhattan socialite Ruth Harkness(Mrs. William Harness Jnr)(1900-1947) fulfils her explorer husbands dream of capturing alive the first Giant Panda

Large ape in a zoo. circa 1966

Raod of the Captivity, Jersualem, Paleestine (Israel) circa 1880s. Date: circa 1880s

PELOPIDAS Theban general, during his captivity Date: ? - 364 BC

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Conquest of Santo Domingo, 1501. Engraving

Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus). Malta

Bottlenose Dolphin - mother and newborn baby / calf - swimming together (Tursiops truncatus). Malta. The calf was born on July 20th 2010 at 15:30

Bottlenose Dolphin - mother is stimulating her recently born calf after which the calf normally will feed (Tursiops truncatus). Oltremare lagoon Riccione Italy. The pregnancy lasted 54 weeks

Bottlenose Dolphin - recently born calf swims with mother (Tursiops truncatus). Oltremare lagoon Riccione Italy. The pregnancy lasted 54 weeks

Bottlenose Dolphin - birth process has started - with tail out (Tursiops truncatus). Oltremare lagoon Riccione Italy. The pregnancy lasted 54 weeks

Bottlenose Dolphin - two with mouths open above surface (Tursiops truncatus)

Dolpin using its Sonar / echo location to locate ball. dolphins will use echolocation to hunt for food hidden in sand in the seabed

Dolpin Sonar system - wearing eye-patches and using echo location. dolphins will use echolocation to hunt for food hidden in sand in the seabed

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