A rare photograph from our Pacificana Collection purporting to show French artist Paul Gauguin relaxing in the Polynesian Eden , armed with insect repellant and a can of beer . As both containers were in a stubby holder , he had to be careful not to drink the mozzie killer as the drinking session progressed . Hard to read handwriting on the reverse says the snap was taken by his visiting short back and sides mate , Henri de Toulouse -Lautrec , medically short in other vital areas, who was on stilts . Furthermore , the white feather in Paul's chapeau is said to have been plucked from a Dodo , one of many that roamed freely about his hut , taught to sing La Marseillaise at daybreak each day, causing islanders to complain bitterly .
