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France Mémoire · Ferdinand Cheval, by Palais idéal director Frédéric Legros Palais idéal · official press document, page 7 Original @odditydrop Instagram post

Credits cover the five original photographs supporting the published five-slide Instagram carousel and website story. Photographs by Daderot are released into the public domain; the Fécamp №0² photograph is CC0. These are later photographs, not construction-era documentation.

THE IMAGES

The Three Giants sculpture at the Palais idéal, photographed in 2011; a stitched photographic panorama.
IMAGE 01

The Three Giants sculpture at the Palais idéal, photographed in 2011; a stitched photographic panorama.

Creator / photographer
Daderot
License / usage
Public domain · photographer’s worldwide release
Changes
Original photograph without graphic overlays; responsive website display may crop it. The associated Instagram slide was cropped and overlaid with text. Downscaled to at most 1600 pixels for website delivery and JPEG-compressed; available embedded metadata retained.
Original asset · Wikimedia Commons
East facade of the Palais idéal, photographed in 2011; a stitched photographic panorama.
IMAGE 02

East facade of the Palais idéal, photographed in 2011; a stitched photographic panorama.

Creator / photographer
Daderot
License / usage
Public domain · photographer’s worldwide release
Changes
Original photograph without graphic overlays; responsive website display may crop it. The associated Instagram slide was cropped and overlaid with text. Downscaled to at most 1600 pixels for website delivery and JPEG-compressed; available embedded metadata retained.
Original asset · Wikimedia Commons
A later exterior photograph of the Palais idéal du facteur Cheval in Hauterives, France.
IMAGE 03

A later exterior photograph of the Palais idéal du facteur Cheval in Hauterives, France.

Creator / photographer
Fécamp №0²
License / usage
CC0 1.0
Changes
Original photograph without graphic overlays; responsive website display may crop it. The associated Instagram slide was cropped and overlaid with text. Downscaled to at most 1600 pixels for website delivery and JPEG-compressed; available embedded metadata retained.
Original asset · Wikimedia Commons
Wheelbarrow displayed at the Palais idéal, photographed in 2011.
IMAGE 04

Wheelbarrow displayed at the Palais idéal, photographed in 2011.

Creator / photographer
Daderot
License / usage
Public domain · photographer’s worldwide release
Changes
Original photograph without graphic overlays; responsive website display may crop it. The associated Instagram slide was cropped and overlaid with text. Downscaled to at most 1600 pixels for website delivery and JPEG-compressed; available embedded metadata retained.
Original asset · Wikimedia Commons
Animal sculpture detail at the Palais idéal, photographed in 2011.
IMAGE 05

Animal sculpture detail at the Palais idéal, photographed in 2011.

Creator / photographer
Daderot
License / usage
Public domain · photographer’s worldwide release
Changes
Original photograph without graphic overlays; responsive website display may crop it. The associated Instagram slide was cropped and overlaid with text. Downscaled to at most 1600 pixels for website delivery and JPEG-compressed; available embedded metadata retained.
Original asset · Wikimedia Commons

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