493392 Handbill advertising a performance of the \'Suprizing Learned PIG\' at Astley\'s Amphitheatre, 1787 (woodcut); Private Collection; (add.info.: The \'learned pig\' was a pig that had been trained to answer commands in such a way that it appeared to be answering questions by picking up numbers and letters in its mouth. Such pigs were a sensation in London during the 1870s. This particular pig had been trained by a Sieur Garman. Astley\'s Amphitheatre was the world\'s first circus, located near Westminster Bridge, London.); out of copyright.