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Henri (Le Douanier) Rousseau in front of his painting The Snake Charmer (1907). Archives Larousse, Paris, France/ The Bridgeman Art Library.

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Henri (Le Douanier) Rousseau in his studio at rue Perrel, Paris, 1907. Archives Larousse, Paris, France/ The Bridgeman Art Library.

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For the 1889 Paris World’s Fair, 44 small buildings were constructed in the styles of various epochs and cultures at the base of the Eiffel Tower. The architect was the famous designer of the Paris Opera, Charles Garnier, assisted by Professor Amman from the department of history and geography at the Lycée Louis-le-Grand. This photograph shows African and Lapland dwellings. Copyright ©1999 National Gallery of Art, Washington DC.

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Designed by architect Stephen Sauvestre, the Palace of the Colonies was the central exhibition building of the French overseas colonies in Southeast Asia and Africa. Copyright ©1999 National Gallery of Art, Washington DC.

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Panoramic view of the exhibitions from the French colonies. Les Invalides is in the background. Copyright ©1999 National Gallery of Art, Washington DC.

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The pagoda was designed by architect Albert Maurice Fabre, the chief of public works in Phnom Penh. The panorama depicts the pagoda as well as the entrance to the Javanese village, which contained houses that came directly from Java. Copyright ©1999 National Gallery of Art, Washington DC.

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Designed by architect Albert Maurice Fabre, this pagoda was styled after the Khmer temples at Angkor Wat in what was then the French protectorate of Cambodia. Copyright ©1999 National Gallery of Art, Washington DC.

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Postcard, Souvenir of the Jardin des Plantes, 1900s. Courtesy of Christopher Green.

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Unknown Artist
Landing stage at the Pont du Jour,

postcard
Benoît Lardières, Paris

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Unknown Artist
"Attaqué par un tigre," Le Petit Journal, 4/4/1909

illustrated magazine
Benoît Lardières, Paris

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A. Quantin and J. Terrier, taxidermists
Senegal lion devouring an antelope, 1886

stuffed animal display, tanned hide on wooden frame, built up wtih wood shavings, modelled in plaster as a whole
Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris: Collections de Zoologie Mammifiéres et Oiseaux.

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Emmanuel Frémiet
Gorilla Carrying Off a Woman, 1887

Bronze
Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champagne. Gift of Mrs. Stacy B. Rankin.

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Emmanuel Frémiet
Bear Cub Hunter, after 1885

Bronze
Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champagne. Gift of Mrs. Stacy B. Rankin.