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Poster advertising one of the most popular attractions of the Exhibition of 1900 in Paris, called the "Andalousie au temps des Maures", a 5000-square-meter historical theme park in the Trocadero Gardens. The image features snake handler surrounded and lit by a fire, accompanied by a red, devil like figure holding a knife., Title and date from item. The poster is signed and inscribed "Impr[rimer]ies Lemercier", "Administration, 74, Boulevard Haussmann, Paris" and "Cette affiche ne pourra être vendue que revêtue du timbre spécial de la Société" (This poster can only be sold with the special stamp of the Company). The poster has dry seal of the Société dexploitation de L'Andalousie au temps des Maure, the operating company of the exhibition "Andalusia in the Time of the Moors"., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.GM.P.2019.0208, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i26280073, BIB-ID: 2808691, See “Andalusia In The Time Of The Moors: Regret and Colonial Presence in Paris, 1900,” in Edges of Empire: Orientalism and Visual Culture, Jocelyn Hackforth-Jones and Mary Roberts, eds., Blackwell, Oxford, 2005, pp. 181-205. |
