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937. 100 (Kleine -, Groote -, and Oude Loo) -
The "Kleine Loo" and the "Groote Loo" were two country-houses on an estate
of the Prince of Orange, one kilometer east of 's-Gravenhage, near the "Huis
ten Bosch". Here "Mevrouw de Gouvernante", widow of Stadholder William IV,
founded a menagerie. A. Vosmaer (q.v.) had the supervision, cf. Pieters
1980, p. 540. Ferrner 1910, p. 495 (v. 1759); Pennant 1948, p. 162 (v. 1765
the "Kleine Loo" with Pallas); Courtanvaux 1768, p. 197-199 (v. 1767); Coyer
1775, p. 266 (v. 1769); Lynar 1781, p. 129 (v. 1771); Percy 1775, p. 39 (v.
1771); Grimm 1775, p. 293, 295-296 (v. 1774); Bjornstlihl 1782, V, p. 368 (v.
1775); Honore 1779, p. 68 (v. 1776); Sander 1783, p. 603 (v. 1777); Titius
1783, p. 213 (v. 1777); Forster 1868, p. 71 (v. 1790). Vosmaer 1766-1804;
Pallas 1766b, p. 11, 21, 68; Boddaert 1770, 1767-1777; Witkamp 1864, p. 111;
1872, p. IX, X, XII; W. de Vink 1903, in: Die Haghe p. 355-359; Evers 1912,
XV, p. 533; Loisel 1912, II, p. 29 seq.; M. Vloberg 1930: Jean Houel peintre
et graveur 1735-1813 (about the elephants, with ill., cf. also Engel 1940,
p. 204); Gijzen 1938, p. 24; Fremantle 1970, p. 52 (about fishponds, aviary
and menagerie) •
The "Oude Loo" near Apeldoorn (Prov. Gelderland). This was one of the oldest
menageries of the Princes of Orange, begun as a "fasanderie", after Stadholder
William III had built a palace where formerly had been only a small
"jachtslot". Probably d'Hondecoeter made paintings of the menagerie of William
III. About the ups and downs see: G.A. Evers: De Menagerieen op het
Loo, in: Bijdr. en Mededel. Vereniging "Gelre", XV, p. 533-540; about the
falconry: Swaen 1937, p. 22, 26, 27, 100, 108, Like the "Kleine Loo" it
ended with the French invasion in 1795, when everything of value was brought
to Paris. Shaw 1709, p. 10 (v. 1700); Uffenbach 1754, II, p. 374 (v. 1710);
Thouin 1841, p. 255 (v. 1795). Vosmaer in his Regne Animal (a.o. 1783, African
elk, p. 56); Allamand in his Dutch edition of Buffon; Kanold 1727, p.
65; Houel 1803: Hist. nat. des 2 elephants male et femelle du Musee de Paris;
Witkamp 1872, p. IX; Loisel 1912, II, p. 29 seq.; III, p. 36; Gijzen
1938, p. 24; Scheurleer 1966, p, 7; 1967, p. 16; Boyer 1971, p. 393, 400:
the passing of the 2 elephants over the boatbridge at Deventer has been reported
by its master van 't Sant in his diary; Fremantle 1975, p. 99 (ad
104-105, note a) mentioning a Ms. in the State Archives Groningen by Abel
Eppo van Bolhuis, diary of a journey to "Het Loo", transcript in Municipal
Archives Apeldoorn. Pieters 1980, p. 540.
938. LOOSDUINEN -
Visitors centre "Madestein". Hoogenhout 1978a, nr. 88.
939, LOOSJES, Fredrik Elisa - 13 Aug. 1913 Hilversum - still living at Wageningen.
Institute for Plant Diseases, Wageningen, later on Inspector of
environmental hygienics of the government.
Collection of Clausiliidae of the world (personal information). Jutting
1939, p. 233, 237.
940. LOOVERS, Jan de - Middelburg.