Before The Glass
Join me along the journey through the 18th and 19th centuries where you will meet Victorian Naturalists, The Gentlemen Collectors, The Colonial Explorers, The story of the Menagerie, Zoo, & Circus, and the Victorian Culture behind the Victorian Taxidermy movement
John Gould
John Gould
The Victorian Attitude to Death
The Victorian Attitude to Death
John James Audubon, Naturalist, Scientist, Artist
John James Audubon, Naturalist, Scientist, Artist
The Upper Class Decoration of Country Houses with Taxidermy
The Upper Class Decoration of Country Houses with Taxidermy
The Victorian Era
The Victorian Era
Darwin, Wallace and Buffon: their importance to natural history
Darwin, Wallace and Buffon: their importance to natural history
Edward Booth – Victorian Gentleman Collector
Edward Booth – Victorian Gentleman Collector
The Great Exhibition 1851
The Great Exhibition 1851
Wombwell’s Menagerie
Wombwell’s Menagerie
Thomas Henry Bowyer-Bower
Thomas Henry Bowyer-Bower
The Tower of London Menagerie
The Tower of London Menagerie
Hermann Ploucquet’s sensational tableaux at The Great Exhibition 1851
Hermann Ploucquet’s sensational tableaux at The Great Exhibition 1851
ZSL Library at Regents Park
ZSL Library at Regents Park
Baron Lionel Walter Rothschild of Tring
Baron Lionel Walter Rothschild of Tring
Sir John Henry Greville Smyth
Sir John Henry Greville Smyth
The Menagerie
The Menagerie
Sir Vauncey Harpur Crewe
Sir Vauncey Harpur Crewe
Adolphe Boucard, Walter Burton, and the Feather Trade That Consumed Itself
Adolphe Boucard, Walter Burton, and the Feather Trade That Consumed Itself
Taxidermy At The Great Exhibition 1851
Taxidermy At The Great Exhibition 1851
The Wonder and Wounds of the Belgian Congo
The Wonder and Wounds of the Belgian Congo
The extinct Tasmanian Tiger
The extinct Tasmanian Tiger
Victorian taxidermy – eternalising beautiful creatures
Victorian taxidermy – eternalising beautiful creatures
Polito’s Menagerie and The Exeter Exchange
Polito’s Menagerie and The Exeter Exchange
History of the Zoological Society London
History of the Zoological Society London
The Zoo Animals Story
The Zoo Animals Story
Next – original research uncovers the lives, techniques, rivalries, and hidden histories of the people who defined Victorian taxidermy.
