A tableau of mounted animals

A tableau of mounted animals displaying monkeys and a bear playing musical instruments; 1900


In the early 1900s Europe, it was quite a trend to have mounted animals as a big part of the overall décor of a home. Affluent English families loved to flaunt their exotic animal mounts. This fad resulted in the rampant killing of thousands of wild animals across Europe and Africa.

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