2-714-880 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Entrance to the Zoological Gardens in 1840', (c1876). London Zoological Society was founded in 1826 by Sir Stamford Raffles and Sir Humphrey Davy, the zoo opened on 27 April 1828, a giraffe arrived to be displayed at the London Zoo in 1836. From "Old and New London: A Narrative of Its History, Its People, and Its Places. The Western and Northern Studies", by Edward Walford. [Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., London, Paris & New York]