Vintage French School Poster Double-Sided Reptiles Birds Educational 11112628

French vintage school poster reptiles

A double-sided French vintage school poster reptiles and birds chart, numbered 11 and 12 and published by Editions Rossignol of Montmorillon, Vienne -- one of the most celebrated producers of French classroom educational materials from the postwar decades. One face presents La Vipere et le Lezard, a detailed nature study of the viper and green lizard, complete with cross-sectional diagrams of the viper's venom glands and fangs, labeled anatomy of the lizard's head and foot, a comparison of viper and grass-snake skulls, and an illustration of grass-snake egg hatching. Flip it over and the second side charts Familles d Oiseaux, grouping French bird families -- passereau, rapace, palmipede, grimpeur, coureur and echassier -- each illustrated with a portrait head and a detailed foot study. The lithographic printing is vivid: deep browns and ochres on the snake studies, fresh greens on the lizard, and warm, accurate colorwork on the eagle, duck, woodpecker, heron and ostrich portraits.

Rossignol school charts like these hung in French primary classrooms from the late 1940s through the 1970s and are now collected as graphic natural-history prints. Framed, either side makes a confident statement on a study or library wall; displayed as a pair in a wide format frame, the two sides complement each other beautifully. The bold hand-lettered French titles add an authentic graphic character that reproductions simply cannot match.

Condition and patina consistent with age. The paper shows light overall toning and minor surface wear typical of classroom use, with no tears or significant losses to the illustrated areas.

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

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