Exeter Exchange
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The Exeter Exchange was a building on the north side of the Strand in London, with an arcade extending partway across the carriageway. It is most famous for the menagerie that occupied its upper floor
Engraving of Exeter Exchange from 1826, viewed from the east, looking west down the Strand.
Edward Cross, 1838
The menagerie at Exeter 'Change, ca 1820
Chunee
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Chunee was an Indian elephant in Regency London.
Exeter Exchange
…Cross. Cross renamed the collection the Royal Grand National Menagerie and employed a doorkeeper who was dressed as a Yeoman of the Guard. His elephant, Chunee, which had become violent, possibly due to musth, was shot there in March 1826 by soldiers from Somerset House. When the Exeter Exchange was demolished…
Chunee's skeleton
Chunee Haut