Zoological Society of London: a Rusa deer. Coloured etching by W. Panormo.

The Zoological Society of London, a professional scientific body with charitable status, and the oldest zoological society in the world, was first established in 1826. It was through the Zoological Gardens in Regent's Park that the society became best known in Britain and throughout the world, and took the word "zoo" into the international vocabulary. The opening on Whipsnade in 1931 marked the beginning of a new era in the breeding of rare species in captivity

Rusa: any of various East Indian deer of the genus Cervus, esp. a sambur

London (Paternoster Row) : Thomas Kelly

1 print : etching with engraving, with watercolour

The Rusa deer or Samboo stag. In the gardens of the Zoological Society. Panormo delt. et sculp.

Wellcome Collection 42402i