Jumbo the large African elephant sold by London Zoo in 1882 to the American showman Phineas Taylor Barnum (1810-1891) for his circus which became known as the 'Greatest Show on Earth'. Jumbo in his crate being taken down the Thames and put on board 'Assyrian Monarch'. From 'Le Voleur' (Paris, 1882). Wood engraving.

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Jumbo the large African elephant sold by London Zoo in 1882 to the American showman Phineas Taylor Barnum (1810-1891) for his circus which became known as the 'Greatest Show on Earth'. Jumbo in his crate being taken down the Thames and put on board 'Assyrian Monarch'. From 'Le Voleur' (Paris, 1882). Wood engraving.

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