Muschel, Mussel by Paul Pfurtscheller, 1929ABOUT Vintage wall chart of the anatomy of the "Unio pictorum," (painters mussel). Lithograph on two sheets of paper, mounted on canvas. Author and illustrator was Prof. Dr. Paul Pfurtscheller. Pfurtscheller (1855 1927) produced a series of 39 "Zoologische Wandtafeln" (zoological wall plates) to be used for higher educational purposes. Although he was a modest high school teacher by training he gained recognition by the scientific community worldwide

Sizes Small width: 25 cm | height: 35 cm | depth: 0

3 cm Large width: 110 cm | height: 89 cm | depth: 0

cracks at center top

in Düsseldorf

3 cm Large width: 110 cm | height: 65 cm | depth: 0

Lithography is an labor intensive technique - especially on a large scale - which required up to 20 manual print-cycles for a single piece

width: 67 cm | height: 36 cm | depth: 0

1 cm height 91 cm

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

Vintage large-scale wall chart of the anatomy of the "Vipera berus" (Reptilia

These colors of course were not supposed to overlap in the end

The turtle is "Plate 20" in the series