Sunday, March 18, 2012

Evolution





I've been collecting educational charts for nearly ten years. This is the finest I've seen; circa 1937, Chart of Evolution from Norway, illustrated by Borgny Bay. It measures roughly 4' high, x 6' wide (116cm x 175cm).










7 comments:

Anonymous said...

My grandmother painted this. The original is awesome! The inside joke is that my grandfather modeled for the human in the chart....

Susan said...

WoW! Your Grandmother was Borgny Bay? Where is the original painting? I'm fascinated!

viking2960 said...

It is owned by the Scientific Institute of Oslo by Tøyen and is very close to the Munch Museum.

Kent Bekker said...

Does anyone have a copy of the key for the numbers, i.e. what species are which?

Keychain said...

I'm also looking for the key.

Anonymous said...

I wrote to the University of Norway, Oslo - Science Library and they directed me to a book titled, "Dyreriket : inndeling, slektskap, utvikling" by Heintz and Martinsen: https://www.nb.no/items/0fd500e00d9c452ef3e1615756435d86?searchText=
Now I just need to find a copy of this book, it should have the key for the Borgny Bay illustration!
Thus far I have been unable to find a digital or hard copy, if anyone fairs better than I, please post here.

Anonymous said...

I got access to a digital copy of the aforementioned book, here is the key to the poster: https://imgur.com/a/gX107ib