The Afterlives of Animals: A Museum Menagerie

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Index Italicized page numbers refer to illustrations. Alfred (gorilla), 5–6, 9, 75, 88, 134–47; Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery sign, 140 American Museum of Natural History, New York, 48, 135, 138, 152, 160 An-An (panda), 169, 181–83 antelope, 40, 66 anthropomorphism, 9, 44, 96, 135, 140– 47, 220–21 art, animals in/as, 8–12, 22, 41–42, 50, 70, 95, 112–29, 139, 175, 178, 181–82, 199–200, 204, 208, 211–13, 216, 228. See also satire asses, 17–33 authenticity, 52, 65, 107, 160, 204–10, 228 baboons, 40, 78–82 Balto (husky), 1, 6, 9, 92–108; Frederick Roth’s statue of, 93 Barnum, P. T., 38, 40, 46, 48 Baron of Buchlyvie (horse), 68, 141 Bartholomew Fair, London, 27, 39 BBC. See British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) bears, 11, 66, 80, 97, 171–72, 177, 214. See also polar bears Belle Vue Gardens, Manchester, 11, 40–53, 75–76, 79–83, 173. See also Iles, Gerald; Jennison, James (and family) Benjamin, Walter, 120, 164–65 Berlin Zoo, 135, 169 biogeographies, 3, 88, 110–29 biography. See object biography birds, 6, 10, 28, 45, 86, 95–97, 110–29, 175, 222. See also hen harrier Blaschka, Leopold, 227–29 Blue Boar Inn, York, 26–27, 32 Bostock, Edward Henry (and menageries ), 39–40, 48, 58–63, 66, 68 Brambell, Michael, 170–72 Brazenor, Harry, 11, 83 Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery, 88, 134, 136–40, 144–47 Bristol Zoo, 135–39, 143–46 British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), 70, 170, 178–81, 190–91 British Museum (Natural History). See Natural History Museum, London Brookside Zoo, Cleveland, 103 Buckingham House, London, 17, 20, 27, 32 Buddie (lion), 141 Buffon, Comte de (Georges-Louis Leclerc), 29, 76 caricature. See satire casts, 52, 160, 176–77, 226–28 celebrity, 9–10, 18–19, 32, 38, 92–95, 107, 135–46, 183, 186–200, 219–23 charisma, 2, 9, 18–19, 24, 28, 32, 37, 42, 88, 112, 136, 222 Charlotte, Queen, 17–23, 26–33; caricatured by Rowlandson, 23 Chi-Chi (panda), 2, 5–10, 75, 141–46, 169–83, 176, 178, 200; Panda Eyes (interactive artwork by Jason Bruges), 182 Chuny (elephant), 38, 44–47 circuses, 5, 37–39, 46, 52, 79, 165, 191, 200. See also Scottish Zoo and Variety Circus, Glasgow 244 | Index Claringbull, G. Frank, 173–75, 178–79 Cleveland Metroparks Zoo. See Brookside Zoo, Cleveland Cleveland Museum of Natural History, 94–95, 103, 105 Clive, Robert, 18, 28–29, 32 conservation. See environmentalism; museum conservation Craythorne, James, 44, 45 crocodiles, 48, 222 Cross, William, 79–80 Cuvier, Georges, 48, 76 Darwin, Charles, 183 Darwin Centre. See Natural History Museum, London Davis, Dwight D., 170–72 death, animals’, 1–11, 17, 37–39, 44, 47, 52–53, 60–64, 82–83, 88, 94–96, 103, 107, 114–17, 120, 135–36, 170–73, 179, 196–204, 211–15, 221–23, 225–28; deadness, 8, 88, 114. See also hunting decay, 84, 221–22, 225 deer, 11, 66, 96, 116–17, 120–21, 124 dinosaurs, 10, 38, 51–52, 87, 174, 228 dioramas, 6, 8, 12, 66, 106, 115, 177 Disposition (artwork by Kate Foster), 118–19, 125 dogs, 7, 10, 31, 92–108, 142. See also Balto (husky); Togo (husky) Dolly (sheep), 10, 223 elephants, 2, 5, 7, 10–11, 20–21, 27, 37– 72, 80, 96. See also Chuny (elephant); Jumbo (elephant); Maharajah (elephant ); Sir Roger (elephant) embalming, 163–65, 170, 226; embalmed humans, 94 Enlightenment, the, 17–18, 30 environmentalism, 4, 9, 11–12, 38, 137– 38, 142, 147, 156–57, 172, 182–83, 186 ethics, 11–12, 97, 206–8 Exeter Exchange (Exeter ’Change), London, 38, 40, 46, 78–79 fish, 5, 47, 117, 120, 123, 151–54, 187, 222, 226 Flower, William Henry, 173, 175, 224 Forbes, Edward, 229–30 game and gamekeepers. See hunting Garner, Roy, 49, 85 George (tortoise). See Lonesome George (tortoise) George Augustus Frederick, Prince of Wales, 18–22 George III, King, 19–20, 26 Gerald (giraffe), 143–46, 220 ghillies, 116–17, 124, 127 giraffes, 40. See also Gerald (giraffe) Glasgow International Exhibition (1901), 65 Glasgow Museums, 58, 61–72, 141 gorillas, 94, 136–47. See also Alfred (gorilla); Guy (gorilla) Gould, Stephen Jay, 172, 223–24 Granny (sea anemone), 222 Gray, John Edward, 49, 173 Great North Museum. See Hancock Museum, Newcastle upon Tyne Greenpeace, 142 Guy (gorilla), 10, 179–80, 200 Hale, Roy, 170, 175–76, 180 Hamlyn, John D...