The shows of London

0_Frontmatter_page_N_A 1_Introduction_page_1 2_1_From_cabinets_to_Museums_I_1600-1750_page_5 3_2_From_Cabinets_to_Museums_II_1750-1800_page_22 4_3_Monster-Mongers_and_Other_Retailers_of_Strange_Sights_page_34 5_4_Waxwork_and_Clockwork_page_50 6_5_Exhibitions_of_Mechanical_Ingenuity_page_64 7_6_Water_Fire_Air_and_a_Celestial_Bed_page_77 8_7_The_Sights_and_Resorts_of_Eighteenth-Century_London_page_87 9_8_Art_on_Display_page_99 10_9_The_Eidophusikon_page_117 11_10_The_Panorama_in_Leicester_Square_page_128 12_11_A_Panorama_in_a_Pleasure_Dome_page_141 13_12_The_Diorama_page_163 14_13_Panoramas_Topics_of_the_Times_page_173 15_14_The_Theatrical_Art_of_the_Panorama_page_184 16_15_Panoramas_in_Motion_page_198 17_16_Scenes_Optical_Mechanical_and_Spectral_page_211 18_17_Entr_acte_Exhibitions_and_London_Life_page_221 19_18_William_Bullock_and_the_Egyptian_Hall_page_235 20_19_Freaks_in_the_Age_of_Improvement_page_253 21_20_The_Noble_Savage_Reconsidered_page_268 22_21_The_Ancient_and_the_Exotic_page_288 23_22_Life_and_Death_in_the_Animal_Kingdom_page_302 24_23_Zoos_and_Pleasure_Gardens_page_317 25_24_The_Waxen_and_the_Fleshly_page_332 26_25_More_Mechanical_Ingenuity_page_350 27_26_The_Two_Faces_of_Science_page_363 28_27_Technology_for_the_Million_page_375 29_28_Artifacts_and_Models_page_390 30_29_Fine_Art_for_the_People_page_404 31_30_Entr_acte_Inside_the_Exhibition_Business_page_420 32_31_National_Monuments_page_434 33_32_The_Crystal_Palace_Year_1851_page_455 34_33_The_Fifties_I_New_Paterns_of_Life_and_the_Decline_of_the_Panorama_page_470 35_34_The_Fifties_II_The_Old_Order_Changeth_page_483 36_Epilogue_page_504 37_Short_Forms_of_Citation_page_512 38_Notes_page_513 39_Index_page_541