Resurrected Relics: Reviving Paul Pfurtscheller’s Charts
Restorations, Process, History Rebecca Tillett Restorations, Process, History Rebecca Tillett

Resurrected Relics: Reviving Paul Pfurtscheller’s Charts

Long before the age of digital imaging, Austrian zoologist and artist Paul Pfurtscheller (1855–1927) created a breathtaking series of zoological wall charts that turned classrooms into miniature cabinets of curiosities. First published in 1902, his works fused scientific precision with artistic elegance, depicting insects, worms, snakes, and other creatures in striking detail. More than a century later, many of these charts survive only through damaged or poorly scanned reproductions—but through careful digital restoration, we’re bringing them back to life one by one.

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Anatomicam Cardiocorum Nervorum
Rebecca Tillett Rebecca Tillett

Anatomicam Cardiocorum Nervorum

Adding some color and depth to this 1794 illustration, Tabulae Nevrologicae ad Illustrandam Historiam Anatomicam Cardiocorum Nervorum by Antonio Scarpa.

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Topographical Maps

Topographical Maps

Not long before he died, my dad had landed his dream job as a topographer after spending years working as a line cook in nearly every restaurant, including the fast food joints, in my hometown. He was happier than I’d ever seen him. And for Take Your Daughter to Work Day that year, he brought me up in his little company’s twin engine plane as he imaged the surfaces of the desert terrain.

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Memento Mori

Memento Mori

About 15 years ago I stumbled into an antique store in Colorado Springs, & they had just acquired many new items from a local estate sale. I made a bee line for a stack of old photos I saw. They were really old portraits from a studio in Denver. They’re all signed by the person in the photo. I can only guess that the photographer made it a habit of keeping a copy of all of the photos be shot. I had no idea what I was going to do with them, but I loved them so I bought them.

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