Object Annex :: Aberdeen's Zoological Models

Models have long been used in biological and medical education. The University of Aberdeen Zoology Museum has a collection with models made by some of the greatest exponents of the art: Glass jellyfish by the Blashkas, wax mites by Deyrolle, a pull-apart horse's hoof by Auzoux, papier mache botanicals by the Brendels --in fact representatives from the entire pantheon of scientific model-making gods.

The mite Sarcoptes scabiei. Emile Deyrolle

Ctenophore Hormiphora plumosa. Leopold & Rudolf Blaschka

Hydroid. Leopold & Rudolf Blaschka

Please note :: MoD will be undertaking a major retrospective of the Blashkas in the near future...

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