Young paleozoic 2, coal forest, 1950ABOUT This antique school wall chart belongs to the series "The history of life on earth". It was compiled in 1950 by the Viennese paleontologist Univ. Prof. Dr. Erich Thenius and contains the history of life on earth in the Palaeozoic, Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous, Tertiary and Quaternary periods. Printed after signed originals of the academic painter Prof. Fritz Zerritsch. It got printed by the Hofmandruck in Vienna. Despite their age, the

Paul Pfurtscheller  place of origin Austria date of manufacture 1913 detailed condition

Laußermalr

The lithograph 'Laminum album' is plate 13 of the series

Size width: 38 cm | height: 24 cm | depth: 0

as each color had to be applied separately

Lithography of course is an enormously demanding technique - especially at this large-scale - which required up to 20 manual print-cycles for a single piece

Germany in 1830

creator Prof

3 cm Large width: 100 cm | height: 55 cm | depth: 0

creator Deutsches Hygiene Museum place of origin Germany date of manufacture 1948 detailed condition

Cretaceous

The spider is "Plate 6" in the series