Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins and the Great Dinosaur Utopia of Victorian England
The filthy , rat - infested shed was no place for a queen . It was November 1853 , andQueen Victoriahad paused some of the more polished duty of theroyal familyto Virginia Wade through a clay - caked plot of nation in south London to the wooden shed . The edifice seemed unfit to house animals , have alone workers and their imposing visitors — but inside was a tumult that gave the queen great excitement ....