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wild boar savages a man in Arab dress in a tropical forest
- a crocodile snaps at an anteater
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Model-maker
Neville Rainsley's Smallest Show on Earth has electric lights
and a series of miniature curtains with tableaux; the Ferris
Wheel revolves and is electrified. Rainsley's animated models
were displayed at Oxford's St Giles' Fair in the 1920s. The
actual, full-sized rides and shows they depicted were created
and animated by fairground travellers.
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- and a tiger and a venomous snake so battle - the miniature
paintings reveal an ill-informed fascination with exotic places.
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