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| Keywords: Pavillon des forêts; Le panorama de la combe de Péguerre.jpg This print represents the Pavilion des forêts which was a building entirely made of wood and dedicated to France's fauna and flora The insert picture on the right shows one of the three dioramas that were exhibited inside the building the title of the print refers to it as a panorama but since it was not circular it was in fact a diorama The article accompanying the print corrects that mistake The diorama was a device invented by Daguerre which consisted in displaying a very large painting that would be presented with various light and sound effects The show would have lasted about 10 minutes This diorama represents the mountains near Cauterets and illustrates the work that was done there to prevent the rocks from collapsing on the town 1889 engraving 31 4 x 23 6 cm Institution Brown University Library object history exhibition history credit line Huard Charles-Lucien Livre d'or de l'Exposition Tome 1 Paris L Boulanger 1889 accession number 1254148204937500 PD-old Engravings of Paris Images of Paris from the Brown University Library Exposition Universelle 1889 | ||||
