Accession No

4736

Brief Description

botanical wallchart showing a carboniferous landscape with semi-submerged trees, including Sigillaria, and Lepidodendron, by Theod Fischer and K. Haushofer, German, c. 1850-1928

Origin

Germany; Cassel [now Kassel]

Maker

Fischer, Theod [printer and publisher] Haushofer, K. [artist]

Class

natural history; earth sciences; prints

Earliest Date

1850

Latest Date

1928

Inscription Date

Material

cloth; paper

Dimensions

breadth 1430mm; height 1120mm

Special Collection

Botanical teaching diagrams from Dept. of Plant Sciences

Provenance

Transferred from the Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge.

Inscription

‘Jdeale Landschaft aus der Steinkohlzeit, II.’ (top centre)
‘Paleontologische Wandtafeln.’ (bottom left)
‘Druck und Verlag von Theod. Fischer in Cassel’ (bottom centre)
‘K. Haushofer’ (bottom right)

Description Notes

Printed landscape in shades of green-brown-blue, showing water on right, and forest on left.
Originally printed in four quarters, and joined to the same backing cloth.
Very fragile

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