Édouard Verreaux

Jean Baptiste Édouard Verreaux (16 September 1810 – 14 March 1868) was a French naturalist, taxidermist, collector, and dealer.

[1] In 1830, Verreaux travelled to South Africa to help his brother pack up a large consignment of specimens.

Verreaux designed and constructed the orientalist taxidermy diorama Lion Attacking a Dromedary for the Paris Exposition of 1867, where it won a gold medal.

The museum cited the work's lack of cultural accuracy and concerns raised by the Black Lives Matter movement as the reasons for the removal.

[2][failed verification] In 2021, the diorama was put back on display at the Pittsburgh museum.