England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century; Great Britain -- History -- William IV, 1830-1837
In May, 1834, was exhibited at the Baker Street Bazaar, a "Padorama,"
or a continuous view of the railroad and the adjacent country through
which the line of road passes between Manchester and Liverpool. And
the same month and year was opened a "Cosmorama" in Regent Street,
with views of the Hippodrome at Constantinople, the town of Grenoble,
the interior of the Cathedral of St. Gudule at Brussels, the Lake of
Thun, and the adjacent Alps, Isola Bella on the Lago Maggiore, the
Cascade in the Park of St. Cloud, the Monuments at Philoe, on the
Nile, and the Convent of St. Bernard. These two exhibitions seem to
have been ephemeral, but the panorama in Leicester Square, and the
diorama in Regent's Park, still held their own.
Another ephemeral exhibition took place in this year, which is
described in the _Times_, June 9--
"EXHIBITION OF ANCIENT COSTUME.
"The exhibition of ancient female costume worn at the courts of
Oliver Cromwell and Charles II., which last year was exhibited at
Regent Street, has this season been opened at the Somerset
Gallery, No. 151, Strand. The dresses which compose this very
curious and entertaining collection, were the property of Mrs.
Luson, who was well known for her eccentricity and peculiar
habits of life. Mrs. Luson died about fourteen years ago, at the
almost antediluvian age of 116 years. The dresses now being
exhibited, with many others which are in the possession of the
proprietor of the exhibition, and also many ancient watches,
bracelets, and female ornaments of various descriptions, came
into the possession of Mrs. Luson, in consequence of her marriage
with Mr. Luson, to whom they descended from Mrs. Bendysh, the
daughter of Lady Fleetwood, and, consequently, the granddaughter
of the Protector Cromwell. We believe they may be considered as
genuine articles, and, as the proprietor affirms them to be, the
identical garments worn by the Cromwell family on the occasions
of Court festivals."
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