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This chapter continues the nationalization of commemoration and memory discussed in the previous chapter, but switches focus from the annual commemorations that surrounded 18 June to various public exhibitions. These included several Waterloo museums or exhibits, multiple panoramas, and William Siborne’s extensively researched model of the battle. The museums, most famously Bullock’s London Museum and Madame Tussaud’s, drew crowds with artefacts ranging from discarded weapons and pieces of uniforms to Napoleon’s coach, which was captured in the French retreat from Waterloo and was put on display in London and throughout Britain. Panoramas across the country offered views of Waterloo in place of relics and found the battle so popular that it was featured into the 1840s. The very success of these exhibitions, however, shines light on the relationship between civilian curation and military legitimacy, as it was the presence of Waterloo veterans that bestowed the appearance of accuracy crucial to popular appeal. |
