Index

A

  1. adventure narratives *, *-*, *
  2. Akeley, Carl *, *
  3. Altick, Richard *
  4. Amato, Sarah *
  5. Anglo–Boer War re-enactment *, *, *-*
  6. animal abuse *-*, *, *, *; see also animal handling: physical coercion in
  7. animal handlers and tamers *-*; see also female tamers
    1. adopting the title of ‘professor’ *
    2. as a hunter *-*, *, *
    3. first tamers *-*
    4. gender identity and *-*
  8. animal handling *, *-*, *-*
    1. Christian values in *
    2. physical coercion in *, *
  9. animal shows *; see also exotic animal acts, feeding displays, head-in-the-mouth stunts
    1. advertising of *-*
    2. aggression and *; see also audience misbehaviour
    3. as emblem of nationalism *, *-*, *-*, *-*, *-*, *-*
    4. biblical themes in *, *, *, *, *, *, *
    5. cage acts *-*, *-*, *-*, *
    6. colonial themes in *-*, *-*, *-*
    7. ‘combined travelling show’ *
    8. commercial aspects of *, *-*
    9. criminal business practices and *-*
    10. educational aspects of *, *-*, *, *
    11. fatalities in *-*, *-*, *
    12. Greco-Roman themes in *, *, *
    13. ‘the kiss of fraternity’ lamb to lion *
    14. in Australia and New Zealand *-*
    15. orientalist themes in *, *, *, *, *
    16. perception of *-*, *-*, *-*, *-*
    17. pre-show parade *, *
    18. spectators’ responses to *-*, *-*
  10. animal trainers *-*, *-*
    1. as a military hero see military hero
    2. women as *-*
  11. animal training *-*
    1. improved methods in *-*, *-*
    2. perception of *-*
    3. quasi-military elements in *-*, *-*
  12. animals see also trade in animals
    1. attitude to *-*; see also kindness
    2. ‘cage paralysis’ in *
    3. celebrity *-*
    4. in visual art *-*
    5. women and *; see also female tamers
  13. anti-cruelty movement *, *, *, *, *, *
  14. Aristotle *
  15. Assael, Brenda *
  16. Astley, John *, *
  17. Astley, Philip *, *, *, *
  18. Astley’s Circus *-*, *-*, *, *-*
  19. audience misbehaviour *-*, *
    1. examples of *-*, *-*
    2. reasons for *, *
    3. societal conflict and *
  20. Aurora, Mademoiselle *

B

  1. Bain, Alexander *, *-*, *
  2. Baker, Samuel *
  3. Bakhtin, Mikhail *
  4. Ballantyne, RM *
  5. Barnum and Bailey Circus The Greatest Show on Earth *, *, *, *, *-*
    1. behaviour guidelines for spectators *
  6. Barnum, PT *-*, *, *-*, *-*
    1. Animal stories *-*
    2. white elephant ‘show warfare’ *-*
  7. Batty, Thomas ‘Baddy’ *
  8. bear-baiting *
  9. bears, individuals in menageries
    1. Monsieur Martin Brown *
  10. bears, training of *, *, *
  11. Bébé, Tilly *-*
  12. Bennett, Tony *
  13. Bentham, Jeremy *
  14. Bidel, François *-*
  15. Bishop, Charlotte see Pianka, Madame
  16. Blight (Bright), Ellen Eliza *-*
  17. Bonavita, Captain Jack *-*, *-*, *, *
  18. Boone, Daniel *
  19. Bostock, Edward *, *, *, *, *, *-*
  20. Bostock, Frank *, *, *, *, *, *, *, *
  21. Bratton, Jacqueline S *, *, *, *
  22. Bridgeman, Thomas *
  23. Britannia *-*
  24. Britannia (performance) *
  25. British Association for the Advancement of Science *
  26. Buckland, Frank *, *
  27. Bugeja, Salvator *

C

  1. Carlyle, Thomas *, *
  2. Carter, James [John] *
  3. Cartmill, Matt *
  4. Casanova, Lorenzo *
  5. Castang, Reuben *-*, *
  6. Chambers, Paul *, *, *
  7. Chapman, Ellen *-*
  8. Churchill, Winston *
  9. circus
    1. Greco-Roman association with *
    2. horse acts in *, *-*, *-*, *
    3. in Australia *-*, *
    4. in New Zealand *-*, *, *-*
    5. in the USA *-*
    6. military heroism in *, *, *, *-*, *-*
    7. modernist *
    8. nationalism and *, *-*
  10. Clarke, John *
  11. Cochran, Charles *, *, *
  12. Cole’s circus *, *, *
  13. colonial conflict *-*, *-*, *, *, *-*, *, *-*
  14. colonialism see also animal shows: colonial themes in
    1. indigenous peoples and *, *-*, *, *-*, *-*, *, *, *, *, *-*, *
    2. masculinist culture and *
  15. Conklin, George *, *, *, *-*, *-*, *
    1. elephant training and *-*
    2. Pomp and *-*
  16. Cook, Erika *
  17. Cooper, Courtney Ryley *, *
  18. Cooper, John *
  19. costumes *, *, *-*, *, *, *, *
    1. female *, *-*, *
    2. formal *, *, *
    3. military *, *, *, *, *-*, *, *, *
    4. ‘native’ *, *, *, *, *-*
    5. orientalist/fantasy *, *, *
    6. Roman style *, *, *, *
  20. Coup, William *, *, *, *, *-*, *, *
  21. Cox, John *-*
  22. Craven, Stuart [Stewart] *-*, *
  23. Crimean War re-enactments *
  24. Crockett, James *-*
  25. Crockett, William *
  26. Cumming, Roualeyn Gordon *, *, *
  27. Curzon, Lady Mary *

D

  1. Daniell, Samuel *
  2. Darwin, Charles *, *, *, *, *
  3. Davis, Janet *, *, *
  4. Davis, Jim *
  5. de Vere, Madame Pauline see Chapman, Ellen
  6. Devere, William *
  7. Disher, Maurice Willson *, *-*
  8. Donald, Diana *, *
  9. Ducrow, Andrew *, *, *-*, *
  10. ‘The Durbar of Delhi’ procession *, *-*

E

  1. Edison, Thomas *
  2. Eipper, Paul *-*, *-*
  3. elephants *, *-*
    1. acts with *-*, *-*, *-*, *, *, *-*
    2. as symbols of colonial rule *, *
    3. attitudes to *, *, *
    4. etiquette *
    5. hunting of *, *
    6. (mis)management of *-*, *, *-*
    7. significance of *-*, *
    8. training of *, *-*
    9. whitewashed *-*
  4. elephants, individuals in menageries
    1. Alice *
    2. Chuny *-*, *
    3. Djeck *-*
    4. Fritz *
    5. Ghuni Sah (Gunnesah) *
    6. Julius Caesar *
    7. Jumbo *, *-*
    8. Juno *
    9. Lallah Rookh *, *
    10. ‘Light of Asia’ *
    11. Lizzie *-*
    12. Mandarin *
    13. Old Bet *
    14. Old Romeo *, *-*
    15. Patsy *
    16. Queen Annie *-*
    17. Titania *
    18. Tom Thumb *, *
    19. Topsy *
    20. Toung Taloung *-*
  5. Elwood, Robert *
  6. Emeljanow, Victor *
  7. equestrian acts see horse acts
  8. ethnographic shows see also Zulu warriors: with Farini’s
    1. from Africa *-*
    2. with animals *-*
    3. with Indigenous Australian groups *
    4. with peoples from remote regions *-*
  9. Evelyn, John *
  10. exotic animal acts see also elephants: acts with, lion acts, monkeys
    1. nationalism and *
    2. themes in *
  11. exotic animals see also elephants
    1. early exhibiting of *-*
    2. imperialism and *, *
    3. paintings of *-*
    4. trade in *; see also trade in animals
    5. violence and *; see also animal handling: physical coercion in
  12. Eyre, Edward John *

F

  1. Farini [William Hunt] *-*, *-*, *
  2. Farini, Lulu [Sam Hunt] *
  3. feeding displays *-*
  4. female tamers *-*, *, *; see also lion queen
    1. colonial anxieties and *, *-*, *
  5. female trainers *-*
    1. marriage and *, *-*
    2. perceptions of *-*
  6. fighting acts see also hunting: acts
    1. educational value of *-*
    2. human *-*, *
    3. lion and dog fights *
    4. representations in art of *-*
    5. significance of *, *, *
    6. with domesticated animals *
  7. Fillis’ circus *-*, *-*, *-*, *
  8. Fillis, Frank *, *-*, *, *, *, *-*
  9. Forepaugh, Charlie *
  10. Forepaugh’s circus *, *, *, *
  11. Foucault, Michel *
  12. Fox, Charles Philip *, *
  13. Frost, Thomas *, *, *, *

G

  1. Gentner, John see Bonavita, Captain Jack
  2. geographical imagination of historians *
  3. Golby, JM *
  4. Goodall, Jane R *
  5. Gould, Marty *

H

  1. Hagenbeck, Carl *-*, *, *, *, *, *
  2. Hagenbeck, Gustav Senior *
  3. Hagenbeck, Lorenz *, *, *-*
  4. Hagenbeck’s *, *, *, *-*, *, *-*, *
  5. Haggard, Rider *
  6. Hall, Catherine *
  7. Ham, Jennifer *
  8. Hancocks, David *
  9. Harding, Les *
  10. Harkaway, Jack *
  11. Hatton, Denys Finch *
  12. Haumann (Huth), Klara see Heliot, Claire
  13. head-in-the-mouth stunts *, *, *, *-*, *-*, *, *
  14. Heliot, Claire *, *-*, *
  15. Henty, GA *
  16. Herman, Daniel *
  17. Hervieu, Paul *, *
  18. Hilton, Miss (Polly) *
  19. hippodrome see horse acts
  20. Hone, William *-*
  21. Horne, RH see Watts, Ephraim
  22. horse ‘actors’ *, *
    1. lying down as if dead *, *-*
  23. horse acts *-*
    1. circus *, *-*
  24. horses, training of *-*, *
  25. Hume, David *, *
  26. Hunt, Sam *
  27. Hunt, William see Farini
  28. hunter
    1. as a professional scientist *, *
    2. as an ideal of masculinity *, *, *
    3. figure in shows *-*, *, *, *
  29. hunting see also safari hunter
    1. acts *, *, *
    2. as a sport *, *, *
    3. by indigenous peoples *-*, *, *
    4. collecting and *
    5. colonial *-*, *, *
    6. commercial versus sport *
    7. definitions of *-*
    8. in Africa *, *, *
    9. in India *
    10. in literature *; see also adventure narratives
    11. military training and *
    12. natural history and *

I

  1. imperialism *, *, *-*
    1. psychology of ‘popular imperialism’ *

J

  1. Jack, Manchester *, *
  2. Johnson, (Professor) GW *
  3. Joys, Joanne *

K

  1. kangaroos *, *
  2. Kete, Kathleen *
  3. kindness *, *, *-*, *, *-*, *, *, *-*, *, *
    1. royal *-*
  4. King James I *
  5. King’s Tableaux *

L

  1. La Belle Selica *
  2. Lambert, David *, *, *
  3. Landseer, Edwin *, *
  4. Le Roux, Hugues *, *-*
  5. Lester, Alan *, *-*, *
  6. Levine, Philippa *
  7. Lewis, Captain Arthur Waldo *
  8. lion acts *-*
    1. anti-cruelty concerns and *, *, *
    2. cage in *
    3. dance display *
    4. jumping display *
    5. ‘lion hunt’ *-*, *-*
    6. lion riding a horse act *
  9. lion attacking a horse, in art *-*, *, *
  10. Lion Jack *
  11. lion king *-*, *
  12. lion queen *-*
  13. lions, individuals in menageries
    1. August *
    2. George *-*
    3. Nero *
    4. Pomp *-*
    5. Sicchi *-*, *
    6. Wallace *, *
  14. Livingstone, David *
  15. Lobengula, Peter *

M

  1. Maccomo, Martini *-*, *
  2. MacKenzie, Callum *
  3. MacKenzie, John *-*, *, *-*, *, *
  4. Madame Tussaud’s Museum *
  5. Manders’ menagerie *, *
  6. Mangan, James Anthony *
  7. Martin, Henri *-*, *, *
  8. Massarti see McCarthy, Thomas
  9. Matabele wars, re-enactment of *-*
  10. Mathews, Dick *-*
  11. Matthies, Rudolf *, *, *
  12. McCarthy, Thomas *-*
  13. Melman, Billie *, *, *
  14. Menges, Joseph *, *
  15. militarisation of British society *, *
  16. military dramas *, *
  17. military hero *-*, *, *-*, *, *-*
  18. military iconography *, *, *
  19. military training *
    1. hunting as a form of *
  20. Mill, John Stuart *-*, *
  21. monkeys *, *, *
    1. riding a horse *-*
  22. Morelli, Madame Louise *-*
  23. Mrozek, Donald *
  24. Munby, Arthur *

N

  1. Napoleon, imitation of *, *
  2. Napoleonic wars re-enactments *, *-*
  3. nationalism *-*, *
    1. animal training and *
  4. Nietzsche, Friedrich *

P

  1. Parkinson, Sydney *
  2. Parkinson, Tom *, *
  3. Peacock, Shane *
  4. Pepys, Samuel *
  5. Peters, Willy *
  6. Pianka, Madame *-*
  7. Pidcock, Gilbert *
  8. Plumb, Christopher *
  9. Poliquin, Rachel *
  10. Proske, Roman *
  11. Purdue, AW *
  12. Putnam, Walter *

Q

  1. Queen Adelaide *
  2. Queen Victoria *, *, *-*, *-*, *-*, *, *, *
  3. Queen’s Tableau *

R

  1. Rhodes, Cecil *
  2. Ritvo, Harriet *, *, *, *, *, *, *
  3. Rix, Albert *
  4. Robbins, Louise *
  5. Rogers, Joseph *
  6. Roosevelt, Theodore *, *, *-*
  7. Roth, Louis *
  8. Rothfels, Nigel *, *
  9. Rousseil, Roselia *
  10. Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals *, *, *
  11. Royal Zoological Society *, *, *, *
  12. Ruhe, Paul see Tuhe, Paul
  13. Russell, Gillian *

S

  1. safari hunter *, *, *, *-*, *-*
  2. Salt, Henry *
  3. Sanger, George *-*, *, *, *, *
    1. circus *-*, *-*
  4. Sawade, Richard *, *, *-*
  5. Saxon, AH *, *, *
  6. Scheherazade, Madame Jasia *, *
  7. Scott, Matthew *, *
  8. Scrutator *-*
  9. seals and sea lions *
  10. Seeth, Julius *-*, *
  11. Simons, John *
  12. Society for the Preservation of the Wild Fauna of the Empire *
  13. soldier figure see military hero
  14. Somerset, CA *
  15. Spencer, Herbert *
  16. Springhall, John *, *
  17. Sramek, Joseph *
  18. St Leon, Mark *
  19. Stanley, Henry Morton *
  20. Stepan, Nancy Leys *
  21. Storey, William *
  22. Stratton, Charles see Thumb, General Tom
  23. Stubbs, George *, *-*
  24. Sturtevant, CG *, *
  25. Sully, James *
  26. Summerfield, Penny *, *

T

  1. Tar, Jack *, *
  2. taxidermy *, *, *, *, *
  3. Thayer, Stuart *
  4. theatre *, *-*, *, *
    1. as public education *
    2. audience behaviour in *
    3. Drury Lane *, *, *
    4. war in *, *, *, *-*, *-*
  5. Thomas, Keith *, *
  6. Thomas, Nicola *
  7. Thompson, Ephraim *
  8. Thumb, General Tom *, *
  9. Tiebor, John *
  10. trade in animals *, *-*, *-*
    1. animal fairs *
  11. traders of animals *; see also Hagenbeck’s
    1. Reiche brothers *-*
  12. travelling menageries *, *, *, *-*, *; see also Barnum, PT, Cole’s circus, Forepaugh’s circus
    1. as organised leisure *
    2. cultural significance of *
    3. development of *, *-*, *
    4. in the USA *-*
    5. mistreatment of animals in *
    6. scale of *
    7. violence and *-*, *-*, *
  13. Tuhe, Paul *

V

  1. Van Amburgh, Isaac A *-*, *, *, *
  2. van der Merwe, Floris *-*, *
  3. Van Hare, G *-*
  4. Velvin, Ellen *, *, *
  5. Verne, Jules *
  6. Verney, Peter *
  7. Verreaux, Jules *

W

  1. Wallace, Alfred Russel *
  2. war *-*
    1. in art works *
    2. on other animal species *, *, *, *-*
    3. public understanding of *
    4. re-enactments; see also Crimean war, Matabele wars, Napoleonic wars *, *, *-*, *, *-*, *, *
  3. war narratives, symbolic centrality of animals in *
  4. Ward, Henry *
  5. Ward, Rowland *
  6. Waterloo, The battle of (performance) *-*
  7. Watts, Ephraim *
  8. White, Professor C *
  9. whitewashed elephants see elephants: whitewashed
  10. Whittle, Joseph *-*
  11. Wild West shows *, *-*, *, *, *
  12. Williams, Arthur see Maccomo, Martini
  13. Wirth, John *
  14. Wirth, George *-*
  15. Wirth’s Circus *-*, *-*
    1. fighting act *-*
  16. Wombwell, George *, *, *-*, *
  17. Wombwell’s Menagerie *, *, *-*, *, *, *, *, *-*, *-*
  18. Woodward, Captain Joseph *

Y

  1. Youatt, W *-*
  2. Young Lee, Paula *

Z

  1. Ziter, Edward *
  2. zoo *, *-*, *, *, *-*, *, *, *, *, *, *; see also travelling menageries
    1. animal show versus *, *, *, *, *
    2. as rational recreation *, *
    3. Victorian *, *
  3. Zoological Gardens, London *, *
  4. Zoological Institute (USA) *
  5. Zulu warriors *-*, *, *
    1. with Farini’s *-*
    2. with Fillis’ *
    3. with Wirth’s *, *

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