'The Repast of the Lion', c1907. Artist: Henri Rousseau

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'The Repast of the Lion', c1907. Rousseau based the exotic vegetation of his many jungle pictures on studies that he made in the Jardin des Plantes in Paris, and adapted the wild beasts from an illustrated children's book about animals that his daughter owned.

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