Before The Glass
The story starts here with the world as it was before animals were put behind glass.
Join me along the journey through the 18th and 19th centuries
From Cabinets of Curiosities, Victorian Naturalists, The Gentlemen Collectors, The Colonial Explorers, The Menagerie, Zoo, & Circus & Victorian Culture to Victorian Taxidermy
The Gentlemen Collectors
and The Victorian Naturalists
The influence of the Victorian Naturalists and The Gentlemen Collectors
The era of discovery, collecting and fascination with Natural History
Thomas Henry Bowyer-Bower
Thomas Henry Bowyer-Bower
The Wonder and Wounds of the Belgian Congo
The Wonder and Wounds of the Belgian Congo
The history of Calke Abbey
The history of Calke Abbey
The African Heart of a Modern Naturalist’s Library
The African Heart of a Modern Naturalist’s Library
Sir Vauncey Harpur Crewe
Sir Vauncey Harpur Crewe
Sir John Henry Greville Smyth
Sir John Henry Greville Smyth
Peaky Blinders on location at Calke Abbey
Peaky Blinders on location at Calke Abbey
John James Audubon, Naturalist, Scientist, Artist
John James Audubon, Naturalist, Scientist, Artist
John Gould
John Gould
Edward Booth – Victorian Gentleman Collector
Edward Booth – Victorian Gentleman Collector
Darwin, Wallace and Buffon: their importance to natural history
Darwin, Wallace and Buffon: their importance to natural history
Baron Lionel Walter Rothschild of Tring
Baron Lionel Walter Rothschild of Tring
Menagerie, Zoo & Circus
The spectacles and impresarios that fed Victorian fascination
History of the Zoological Society London
History of the Zoological Society London
Polito’s Menagerie and The Exeter Exchange
Polito’s Menagerie and The Exeter Exchange
The Menagerie
The Menagerie
The Tower of London Menagerie
The Tower of London Menagerie
The Zoo Animals Story
The Zoo Animals Story
Wombwell’s Menagerie
Wombwell’s Menagerie
ZSL Library at Regents Park
ZSL Library at Regents Park
Cabinets of Curiosities
How early collectors fed the Victorian fashion for display
Cabinets of Curiosities or Wunderkammers
Cabinets of Curiosities or Wunderkammers
Victorian Culture
Victorian culture and attitudes that shaped society.
Victorian taxidermy – eternalising beautiful creatures
Victorian taxidermy – eternalising beautiful creatures
Victorian feather fashion craze
Victorian feather fashion craze
The Victorian Era
The Victorian Era
The Victorian Attitude to Death
The Victorian Attitude to Death
The Upper Class Decoration of Country Houses with Taxidermy
The Upper Class Decoration of Country Houses with Taxidermy
Exhibitions and World Expos
The Victorians place is centre stage at the World Expos
The Great Exhibition 1851
The Great Exhibition 1851
Taxidermy At The Great Exhibition 1851
Taxidermy At The Great Exhibition 1851
Hermann Ploucquet’s sensational tableaux at The Great Exhibition 1851
Hermann Ploucquet’s sensational tableaux at The Great Exhibition 1851
