Vintage French School Anatomy Poster Horse Rabbit Rossignol 11112615

French school anatomy poster horse

A double-sided French school anatomy poster horse and rabbit chart, numbered N 5 and N 6 and published by Editions Rossignol of Montmorillon, Vienne -- one of the most beloved names in mid-century French classroom illustration. Printed on heavy poster paper, each face presents a vivid animal study: Le Cheval on one side and Le Lapin on the other. Editions Rossignol produced these pedagogical wall charts from the postwar decades through the 1970s for primary schools across France, and their graphic clarity and warm palette have made them sought-after pieces among collectors and decorators alike.

The horse side opens with a confident galloping chestnut illustration and spreads into detailed diagrams of the hind leg skeleton, a cross-section of the sabot (hoof), and the equine skull labeled with incisives, canines, molaires and la barre. The rabbit side is equally generous: a lifelike portrait of a lapin beside its full skeleton, a labeled skull and a color diagram of the tube digestif, intestin grele and gros intestin. The color lithography remains clean and graphic, with the golden yellow of the bone illustrations reading beautifully against the cream ground. Either side makes a natural focal point in a study, library, farmhouse hallway or any room where natural history prints feel at home.

Condition and patina consistent with age. Light overall toning to the paper ground, with minor surface marks visible in places -- entirely normal for a classroom chart of this vintage and in no way detracting from the graphic impact.

Approx. 35.4 in wide x 29.5 in high (90 x 75 cm).

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