How does this artwork elucidate its Creation and early exhibitions?
Lion Attacking a Dromedary was created by French taxidermist Édouard Verreaux. Édouard was part of Maison Verreaux, a French taxidermy studio, with his brother Jules Verreaux. Verreaux created the work with the remains of a human, two barbary lions, and dromedary that were collected in Africa. The location from which the skins and bones were sourced and the date on which they were collected are unknown. The positioning of the human and lions in the diorama was based on Arab Horseman Killing a Boar and The Tiger Hunt by French sculptor Antoine-Louis Barye.Lion Attacking a Dromedary was first displayed at the Paris Exposition of 1867 where it won a gold medal. After the death of Verreaux in 1867, Lion Attacking a Dromedary was sold to the American Museum of Natural History and shown at the 1876 Centennial Exposition.
taxidermy diorama Dromedary dromedary Jules Verreaux Édouard Verreaux Antoine-Louis Barye American Museum of Natural History Centennial Exposition Paris Exposition of 1867