The Khedive of Egypt lived inside his own museum-style exhibit in 1867

Evidence

Even Middle Eastern monarchs who came in person to Europe were liable to be incorporated themselves into its theatrical events. When the Khedive of Egypt visited Paris to attend an earlier Exposition Universelle in 1867, he found that the Egyptian exhibit had been built to simulate medieval Cairo in the form of a royal palace. The Khedive stayed in the imitation palace during his visit and became a part of the exhibition, receiving visitors with medieval hospitality. — Timothy Mitchell, Colonising Egypt, 57

Categorization

• XREF: Sharply echoes the ADDENDUM on ‘Grafting & Growth’ inflections of simulated nature, and more directly prefigures the world-fair/simulation theme connecting to Disney and the ‘Disneyland thesis’ of later cultural theory (Eco, Baudrillard).
• STORYSTEM: A monarch who literally lives inside a replica of himself while receiving dignitaries is a strong image for a story about identity, authenticity, and being consumed by one’s own representation.