Caged Collection

The Income Tax Official in Hades by H. M. Bateman
A tax man from the Inland Revenue suffering his worst nightmare - locked in a cage suspended over a pile of cheques and money he cannot reach. Cartoon by H. M

Russo-Japanese War - Propaganda - The Caged Russian Bear
A spectacular Russo-Japanese War propaganda postcard - The Caged Russian Bear peered at by Japanese children, women and soldiers in uniform. Date: circa 1905

THE CAGED BRITISH LION
German World War One propaganda: the Germans have caged the British lion Date: 1918

Circus Parade Date: 1891

Caged Tiger
A poster design of a tiger, who is laying on his side, with his tongue sticking out, behind the bars of an enclosure in the evening. Date: circa 1916

Great Aunt Family Old Age Circa 1850 Die Urgrosstante
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CAGED CANARY DIES
A young girl mourns the death of her canary Date: late 19th Century

Comic postcard, Man and woman with caged birds Date: 20th century

Claire Heliot and her performing lions 1903
Claire Heliot (1866 -1953), renowned female lion tamer, photograph showing her in a huge cage caressing and talking to the large cats. Date: 1903

Herr Seeth in a den of lions at the London Hippodrome
Herr Julius Seeth and his twenty-one forest-bred lions, a hugely popular act at the newly-opened London Hippodrome in early 1900. The lions were presented to Seeth by King Menelik of Ethiopia

London Hippodrome, Madame Heliot & her lions
Madame Claire Heliot feeding raw beef to her lions (and a couple of dogs), in the arena of the London Hippodrome in 1901 in what The Sphere describes as " a very daring performance"

Barnsley Detachment Tankersley Brigade Rescue Party
Mine Fire at the Hamstead Colliery, Great Barr, Birmingham on 4th March, 1908. The Barnsley Detachment Tankersley Brigade Rescue Party

Victorian silk birthday card, Girl and Doves. 19th century

Walking in the Zoo by Hugh Willoughby Sweny
Promotional music sheet for Walking in the Zoo, a very popular music hall song of 1867/8. It was written by Hugh Willoughby Sweny with music by Alfred Lee

The Natural History of Cage Birds - Title Page - Their Management, habits, food, diseases, treatment, breeding and the methods of catching them by J M Bechstein M.D. Date: 1845

Christmas present - Miniature Barnum Great Menagerie 1908
Edwardian children would have loved this gift for Christams, miniature wild animal figures in captive cages, for the nursery. 1908

Lion mauling woman 1870
Performance in the Bowery Theatre in New York, were young woman Minnie Wells the Lion Queen, was doing her usual act, but on this fateful night, two lionesses sprang upon her

Corner of Leadenhall Market, London 1900
Covered market, selling live poultry in cages. Date: 1900

LADY, CATS, BIRD
A young lady keeps an eye on her cats who have their eye on her caged bird. Date: 1919

GIRL WITH BIRD AND DOG
A little girl gives her caged bird his breakfast, while her dog looks on. Date: circa 1890

Zarmah - The King of Wild Animal Trainers Date: 1907

The Cottage Window by Harold Harvey (1874-1941), one of the Newlyn School of Painters, showing a woman feeding a small bird in a cage by a cottage window. Date: 1919

Adgie and her trained lions 1905
Adgie born Adelaide Castillo in New Mexico, known as Daring Spanish Lion Tamer, inside the caged with three lions. One of Americans greatest acts of the time

Convalescent Home, West Kirby, Wirral, Merseyside
Childrens convalescent home at West Kirby, Wirral, Merseyside. Children sit outdoors in wheelchairs on beds. A caged bird, a pet for the children, is also shown. Date: circa 1912

Wedding of the Shah of Persia in 1960
Farah Diba (born 1938), third wife of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, last Shah of Persia (Iran), symbolically setting free some caged birds on the day of her wedding, wearing a dress by Christian Dior

Senghenydd Colliery canary, Glamorgan, South Wales
Two miners at the Universal Pit, Senghenydd Colliery, near Caerphilly, Glamorgan, South Wales, with a caged canary which was used to test the air for gas, or lack of oxygen

Looking a caged birds in market, Valencia, Spain

Tabby kitten with caged mouse
Unusual Friends - tabby kitten with a caged mouse. 1950s

A musician takes a break to read Tit-Bits
A musician takes a break from his violin practise to read Tit-Bits - perhaps the bird in the cage is breathing a sigh of relief.... Date: 1904

Woman holding a birdcage
She saves her fur, her sheets and her little jazz? 1930

A Cold Day at the Zoo -- monkeys in a cage, with visitors looking through the wire

Girl with caged bird, c. 1800 Date: C.1800

Cartoon, At Deauville, WW1
Cartoon, At Deauville, showing four fashionable French women gossiping about war rumours. Date: 1915

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, The Rhinoceros. Date: 1933

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, White Rabbit, in the Letter Book Series. Showing Snowdrop, a pet rabbit, in her hutch, looking down at a wild rabbit below. Date: 1921

Cartoon, Boche, Wild Mammal, WW1
Cartoon, Boche, Wild Mammal, on display in a zoo, an imaginary scene looking forward to 1956. Date: 1915

Woman in garden with caged parrot
An elderly woman in a garden, holding a caged parrot

Bolshevik prisoner at Izmit, Turkey Date: circa 1920s

Caged bush warbler and plum. Print shows two birdcages, one sitting on a box. Date 1829

Caged. Illustration shows a sickly looking dove in a birdcage fashioned from rifles and swords, with Powder kegs at the ends of its perch which is labeled Peace Conference

Caged Orangutan
A caged orangutan behind wire. Date: 1960s

Caged Tiger
A caged tiger in a zoo. Date: 1960s

Burmese Pagoda - Kolkata (Calcutta), India
A promotional card for the National Council for Animals Welfare of London. " God gave us the World" - " Man gives us a CAGE" Date: circa 1920s

Rhapsody, by Brunelleschi
Lovely illustration showing an 18th century couple, the man in cloak and mask, listening to the birdsong of a small bird that has been released from its cage. 1927

Fortune Telling Canary
A young woman with a hooked nose, wearing a cloche hat, asks an old gipsy woman if her canary can tell her fortune. Date: early 1930s

Gladiator Feeds Animals
A gladiator feeds caged animals

Chimpanzee. Close-up of a chimpanzee in a cage

The Night-in-Gale (Gaol) by George Ranstead
Humorous cartoon depicting a well-dressed reveller sitting resignedly in a prison cell following some sort of misdemeanour the previous evening

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