Accession No

4696

Brief Description

botanical wallchart showing a Jurassic landscape with strange plants and a pterodactyl, 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 1410mm; height 1103mm

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 Jurazeit.’ (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 brown-blue-yellow, showing a promontary surrounded by water. Ferns and ancient trees grow on land, while corals and ammonites inhabit the water. A pterodactyl flies top right, and a few feathered birds occupy the centre.
Originally printed in four quarters, and joined to the same backing cloth.
Fragile

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