Multiple Classified Advertisements, John Bull.

Multiple Classified Advertisements, John Bull.

The advertisement concerning the Great Room in Spring Gardens is given particular importance when considering Lily Ford’s concept of scopic regime. The power dynamics that coincide with the opportunity to experience 19th century virtual reality are demonstrated by the situation of this advertisement within this page. It is appropriately nestled between others like it, that harbor visions of grandeur. It is unlikely that being afforded participation in these 19th century immersive technologies was a universal experience. The banquet and orchestra decorate the scene of the panorama depicted in this advertisement, and the underlying message is not exempt from notions of separatism and elitism.

John Bull Magazine

19th Century UK Periodicals

John Bull (London, England)

March 16, 1823.

Cambridge University Library

Single page, Advertisements.

Classified Advertisement, Periodical