From there, he could scratch her pretty head. He slept alongside her each night on a mezzanine, when he got back from nights out partying in Paris. She lived there for 20 years with her keeper. When she arrived in Paris, she was installed in the Jardin de Plantes, which is still a zoo.

The whole of France came out to see this strange creature and she sparked off a fashion – people wore their hair 'a la giraffe,' a bit like Marge Simpson, and her image was plastered all over ceramics. Who knows whats hidden from view Locked away in cabinets, secure storage and aircraft hangars. When she arrived in Marseille in 1827 she then walked across France to Paris with her keeper, a young boy from Sudan. The Secret Museum is a unique treasure trove of the most intriguing artifacts hidden away in museum archives from all over the world curated, brought to light, and brought to life by Molly Oldfield in a beautifully illustrated collection. Three cows were taken along too to feed her milk on the way. She came over from Africa to Europe in a boat, with a hole cut out of the top of the boat for her head to poke out of. It will unconditionally ease you to see guide The Secret. The giraffe was a gift to King Charles X of France, from the ruler of Egypt. This is why we allow the ebook compilations in this website. When the curator showed it to me she drew the blinds before opening the book. It is kept in a red leather book in the library of a museum. Now it is too rare and fragile to exhibit. The drawing has never been on show, as it was created for scientific study at the time. This is a portrait of the first giraffe in France created by Nicolas Huet, a world famous artist in his day.

The Secret Museum by Molly Oldfield