Visions of Lost Worlds

Duria Antiquior

‘The diametric section of the principles and theories of geology’
Diagram of the geological restorations at Crystal Palace
Map of Crystal Palace Park (1854)

Scharkathal near Prague at the time of the Mammoth
Northern Bohemia during the time of lignite formation (Tertiary)
At the foot of the Riesengebirges (Krkonoše) during the Permian
Environs of Radnitz during the Coal Formation (Upper Carboniferous)

Kuchelbad near Prague during the Upper Silurian
Ideal landscape of the Pliocene Period
Ideal landscape of the Miocene Period
Ideal landscape of the Eocene Period

Ideal landscape of the Cretaceous Period
Ideal landscape of the Upper Oolitic Period
Ideal landscape of the Middle Oolitic Period
Ideal landscape of the Lower Oolite Period

Ideal landscape of the Keuper Sub-period
Ideal landscape of the Muschelkalk Sub-period
Ideal landscape of the Permian Period
Ideal view of a marshy forest of the Coal Period

Ideal view of marine life in the Carboniferous Period
Ideal landscape of the Devonian Period
Ideal landscape of the Silurian Period
‘Appearance of Man’

Ideal American landscape in the Quaternary Epoch
Ideal European landscape in the Quaternary Epoch
Dürnten during the formation of lignite
Lausanne during the Miocene Period

Life in the Miocene Period, Oeningen near Constance
Zurich at the Glacial Period
The coral islands of the Jura [Jurassic]
Submarine life of the Schambelen [Lower Jurassic]

Basle during the Keuper Period [Middle to Upper Triassic]
Carboniferous flora of Switzerland
‘Ubergangsformation’
‘Steinkholenformation’

Ideal scene in the Lower Cretaceous Period
Ideal view of a marshy forest of the Coal Period
Ideal scene of the Lias with Ichthyosaurus and Plesiosaurus
Ideal landscape of the Liassic Period

‘Great Sea Dragons’
‘Jura Formation’