“These autochromes taken by banker Lionel de Rothschild include the earliest known colour photograph of King Edward VII, taken in 1909 just months before he died. The autochromes were recently rediscovered by his grandson wrapped in newspaper in the family home”
- BBC News

This picture shows a zebra-driven hackney cab travelling from Brixton towards Stockwell. The driver is Gustav Grais who ran a circus of zebras and baboons.

Tame Zebras were not unusual at the beginning of the twentieth century:

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Thanks to Vonalina Cake and Urban 75.