Accession No

6404

Brief Description

wax model of Rana temporaria (common frog) embryo development, by Adolf Ziegler, German, c. 1851-52

Origin

Germany; Freiburg im Breisgau

Maker

Ziegler, Adolf

Class

biology; demonstration

Earliest Date

1851

Latest Date

1936

Inscription Date

Material

wax; wood; metal; cloth (cotton wool); paper

Dimensions

box: height 52mm; length 233mm; width 328mm

Special Collection

Ziegler collection

Provenance

Transferred from the Museum of Zoology, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, 08/09/2009. Purchased by the Department of Zoology from Ziegler of Freiburg in Breisgau, c. 1882-1890.

Inscription

‘1’ (label)
‘FROG EMBRYO
MODELS’ (paper label in box)

Description Notes

Development of the frog (Rana temporaria ), no. 1.
Wax model of the frog embryo. Number 1 of a series of 25 models showing the development of the frog embryo.
Wax model, on a metal mount on a wooden base. The bases are numbered by paper labels.
Models 1 to 14 are in a box together. Box with label and cotton wool lining.
Originally modelled by Ziegler.Adolf after the plates of Ecker.Alexander.

Complete.

References

Henry Schmidt; 'Frog Models; Artisans; and Academic Controversy'; Explore Whipple Collections online article; Whipple Museum of the History of Science; University of Cambridge: https://www.whipplemuseum.cam.ac.uk/explore-whipple-collections/frogs/zieglers-wax-models/frog-models-artisans-and-academic-controversy

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