BOSTOCK, Frank (1866 – 1912). Bostock & Wombwell’s World Renowned Menagerie. Glasgow: Sam Lithgow, ca. 1905. Horizontal half-sheet color lithograph with an interior view of the giant traveling menagerie “established 1805” and with corner vignettes depicting trained lions, bears, wolves, and tigers in action. 20 x 30”. Visible chips and stains, B. Unbacked. The union of the Bostock and Wombell families in 1852 led to a tradition of exhibiting menageries across England, the European continent, and even America, that lasted for over ninety years. What began as a business exhibiting exotic animals (as shown here) evolved into as much a circus performance as a display of the odd, scarce, and unusual. Bostock & Wombwell’s gave its last show in Newcastle in December of 1931.