& the Kings and Emperors of Europe, celebrated
Poets, oretors & Lords of the earth among which
stood General Washington in his dress of state A Byron, Shakespeer, Voltair, Luther, Calven, Knox Wesley & many others found among the groop
& what makes the scenery interesting is the
identical coronations robes with all their diamonds
stars pre[c]ious stones & costly array which they wore
in life are there. The sleeping beauty of France
with her jewels jems, necklace of brilliants around
her while her bosom heaves with breath while asleep
looks as natural as life Nepoleon under almost
evry circumstance of life is there represented the
Identical carriage with all its convenience for
sleeping, writindg, deposit for armour that he
rode in at the battle of watterloo is there & the
bed he died upon as [at] St Hellena, with his dressing
case gold snuff box, knives, pens, pencils, & all
small articles that he used about him their
is nothing fictitious but real except the
personages being of wax figures & their express
ion, countenances looking so much like life
& then some of them moving by clockwork
that wone would naturally suppose they were
living beings. The following is merly an extra
extrat of some of the characters & names that
are to be seen.
FIRST GROUP in honor of her ^{most glorious}^ Magesty &
the Duke of wellington
& the Kings and Emperors of Europe, celebrated
Poets, oretors & Lords of the earth among which
stood General Washington in his dress of state
A Byron, Shakespeer, Voltair, Luther, Calven, KnoxWesley & many others found among the groop
& what makes the scenery interesting is the
identical coronations robes with all their diamonds
stars precious stones & costly array which they wore
in life are there. The sleeping beauty of France
with her jewels jems, necklace of brilliants around
her while her bosom heaves with breath while asleep
looks as natural as life Nepoleon under almost
evry circumstance of life is there represented the
Identical carriage with all its convenience for
sleeping, writing, deposit for armour that he
rode in at the battle of watterloo is there & the
bed he died upon as at St Hellena, with his dressing
case gold snuff box, knives, pens, pencils, & all
small articles that he used about him their
is nothing fictitious but real except the
personages being of wax figures & their express
ion, countenances looking so much like life
& then some of them moving by clockwork
that one would naturally suppose they were
living beings. The following is merly an
extrat of some of the characters & names that
are to be seen.
FIRST GROUP in honor of her {most glorious} Magesty &
the Duke of wellington
1st Her Majesty Victoria dresed in a full court costume
2nd Prince Albert of Saxe Coburg in a field marshal's uniform
3rd His Grace the Duke of wellington uniform of a brittish General
4thNicholas I. Emperor of Russia. uniform {of the} R Guards
5 Archbishop of Canterbury in robes worn ownly at the coronation
6th H. R. H. The Duchess of Kent in full coronation Robe
7thFrederick William IV. Present King of Prussia
"Journal (January 1, 1845 – December 31, 1846)," June 24, 1845, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed November 25, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/ZnR