2-714-882 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Houses of the Carnivora', c1876. London Zoological Society was founded in 1826 by Sir Stamford Raffles and Sir Humphrey Davy, the Zoo opened on 27 April 1828. The Society was granted a Royal Charter in 1829 by King George IV, and in 1847 opened to the public to aid funding. 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]