27 December 2013

A boy and his... hog


An image search led to the French National Library ("Tame animals of Mr Wingfield Ampthill child beside a saddled pig"), via Europeana.  There is a photo of the boy on the hog here.

But the location seems to be England, because there's a Pathe video of grown men riding llamas and ostriches (and this hog) at the Ampthill Zoo in the East Anglia Film Archive.

1 comment:

  1. "Git along, little hoggie"

    Sorry - couldn't resist!

    Happy New year, Stan! Best in 2014 and keep up the awesome work!

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