The Breathless Zoo: Taxidermy and the Cultures of Longing

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Illustrations are designated by“fig” next to the page number action, animal, 81, 93 adaptation, evolutionary, 70, 120, 131–32 aesthetic appreciation, 49–55, 57–58 Akeley, Carl, 101–2 alcohol, 28, 229n43 Alfonso X, crocodile given to, 25 Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland illustrations, 180–81 allegory, in anthropomorphic taxidermy, 173–74, 181–82, 191–95 Allen, David Elliston, 49 American Museum of Natural History, 97–98, 99 fig, 105 Americas, 15–16. See also frontier America anatomical correctness, 83–86, 179 animal action, 81, 93 animal-attack movies, 98 animal metaphors, 173 animal rights and welfare, 188, 215–18 animals aesthetic appreciation of, 43, 46–48, 50, 53–56, 48–52 attraction of, 132–40 humans compared to, 188–89 killing of, 55, 70, 88, 98, 147, 152, 185– 87, 189 perception and relationship with, 53– 54, 81–82, 87–89, 93–95, 134–36 transportation of, 27 animal violence, 77–81, 82, 87–91, 95–96, 98 anthropomorphic taxidermy. See also beast fables contemporary, 191–98 Ploucquet and, 175–79 Potter and, 182–90 Victorian perceptions of nature and, 179–80, 185–86, 188–90 apothecaries, 26 Arab Courier Attacked by Lions (Verreaux), 91, 92 fig, 97 Arctic, Victorian-era voyages to, 3 Aristotle, 20 arsenical paste, 66 art versus nature, 106–9 taxidermy as, 72–76, 91 artistic group, 102 artistic taxidermy, 94–96, 106, 178. See also anthropomorphic taxidermy Ashmole, Elias, 30–31, 229–30n50 Asia, 14–15 attraction, to animals, 132–40 Audubon, John, 68–69 authenticity of organicism, 107–8 index PSU_Poliquin_BM.indd 251 4/20/12 12:09 PM | index 252 Bacon, Francis, 32–33, 34 bad taxidermy, 31–32, 36, 61–62, 82, 107–8 Baillie-Grohman, William Adolph, 141–50, 148 fig, 154, 158, 159–60, 163–64 Baily, William, 233n29 Baker, Steve, 39, 106, 191, 194 baking, as preservation technique, 29, 65, 235n49 Bakker, Floris, 193–94. See also idiots Balto (dog), 213 Barye, Antoine-Louis, 88 Batty, Joseph, 162–63, 165 Baudrillard, Jean, 168 beast fables contemporary, 191–98 and natural-history literature, 179–81 overview of, 171–75 Ploucquet and, 175–79 Potter and, 182–90 told through taxidermy, 181–82 beauty appreciation of, 49–55, 67–71 improved preservation techniques and, 72–76 as motivation for taxidermy collection, 55–67 versus order and education, 125–26 Bécoeur, Jean-Baptiste, 65–67 Belka (dog), 213 Bell, Catherine H., 124 Belon, Pierre, 25, 26 Bennett, Debra, 124 Bennett, Tony, 243n21 Berger, John, 172–73 Bewick, Thomas, 62, 180, 248n19 binomial naming, 116. See also taxonomy Biophilia (Wilson), 52–53 birds of paradise, 31 bird taxidermy. See also hummingbirds arrangements of, 58–61 beauty as motivation for, 55–56 early techniques in, 26–29, 31 improved techniques for, 72–76, 236n61 versus mammal taxidermy, 83 preservation techniques for, 65–66 Bleakley, Alan, 77 Bonnardot, Alfred, 206 Bonnier de la Mosson, 68 fig Boyle, Robert, 229n43 British Museum, 37–38, 121–22, 129 Brown, Bill, 21 Browne, Montagu, 94, 177–78, 179, 238– 39n25 Buckley, T. E., 123 Budd, Malcolm, 106 buffalo, 104–5 Buffon, George-Louis Leclerc de, 56, 66 Bullet the Wonder Dog, 213 Bullock, William, 43–47, 59, 231n5, 238n23 Burchell, William John, 121, 242n13 The Burial of Cock Robin (Potter),182–83,190 Burke, Edmund, 48 Burt, Jonathan, 93 cabinets of wonder, 16–18, 22 Cabrera, Angel, 123–24 Calzolari, Francesco, 16 camp, 164–67 Cartmill, Matt, 156 Catesby, Mark, 25 cats, nineteenth-century attitudes toward, 186–87. See also felines; kitten(s) chemical insecticides, 65–66 Chi-Chi (panda), 135–36 Clark, Leigh, 98 classification. See taxonomy “Un coeur simple” (Flaubert), 200–201 Comba, François, 237n11, 247–48n13 PSU_Poliquin_BM.indd 252 4/20/12 12:09 PM index | 253 communication, through taxidermied animals, 4–6 Contemporary Zoological Conservatory, 168 fig, 169 Coues, Elliott, 125 Cress Funeral Home, 191, 192 fig crocodile, given to Alfonso X, 25 cultural artifact, taxidermy as, 96 cuteness, in beast fables, 186–87 Cutler, Manasseh, 25 Dairy Farmers of Canada commercial, 165 d’Argenville, Antoine-Joseph Dézallier, 57, 58–59 Darwin, Charles, 70, 120, 129, 188–89, 232n13 Daston, Lorraine, 14, 20, 33 Daubenton, Louis-Jean-Marie, 59–61 death souvenirs, 201–3, 249n3 décor, taxidermy in, 163–69 deep-freezing, 209–10 dehydration, 209–10 denaturalized nature, 190 Descartes, René, 19–20, 38 “de-taxidermy,” 153–54 Deyrolle, 222–23 Deyrolle, Jean-Baptiste, 222...