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GUSTAVE DORE – The Martyrdom of St. Stephen – Antique Artwork 1891
You’re looking at a beautifully detailed, lithograph print by Gustave Doré. A French artist, printmaker, illustrator, comics artist, caricaturist, and sculptor who worked primarily with wood-engraving. This particular engraving was sourced from the 1891 ‘Bible Gallery’ book that compiled a collection of Doré’s biblical themed artwork.
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- Resolution: 7938 x 10700 300dpi
- Year of Print: 1891
- Artist: Gustave Dore
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GUNS Small Arms (Early Types). Percussion, Flint, Snaphaunce, Wheel Lock
An original Antique Plate scan from the National Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge. Published by William Mackenzie in 1880. Click on the Artist’s name to see the full collection from this series!
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- Resolution: 7594 x 10009 300dpi
- Year of Print: 1880
- Artist: William Mackenzie
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VINTAGE 1896 Fairey Print – The Goodenough Shoe
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- Resolution: 10958px x 8408px
- Year of Print: 1896
- Artist: W. J. Miles
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ANTIQUE Print of Drawing from an Original Drawing by Gaspar Poussin
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- Resolution: 9435px x 7376px
- Year of Print: 1800s
- Artist: Abraham Rees
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1880 Encyclopedia Britannica Archaeology Print
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- Resolution: 7398px x 9622px
- Year of Print: 1880
- Artist: Encyclopedia Britannica
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Examples of Jewellery – 1880 Encyclopedia Britannica
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- Resolution: 7108px x 9633px
- Year of Print: 1880
- Artist: Encyclopedia Britannica
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1800s VINTAGE Print – Candle Making – Rees’ Encyclopedia
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- Resolution: 7270px x 9428px
- Year of Print: 1800s
- Artist: Abraham Rees
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ANTIQUE Bible Print – Conference with the Angel Raphael – G. Dore 1891
You’re looking at a beautifully detailed, lithograph print by Gustave Doré. A French artist, printmaker, illustrator, comics artist, caricaturist, and sculptor who worked primarily with wood-engraving. This particular engraving was sourced from the 1891 ‘Bible Gallery’ book that compiled a collection of Doré’s biblical themed artwork.
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- Resolution: 8020 x 10808 300dpi
- Year of Print: 1891
- Artist: Gustave Dore
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ANTIQUE Print – Gustave Dore 1891 – The Deep Mid-Forest Lithograph
You’re looking at a beautifully detailed, lithograph print by Gustave Doré. A French artist, printmaker, illustrator, comics artist, caricaturist, and sculptor who worked primarily with wood-engraving. This particular engraving was sourced from the 1891 ‘Bible Gallery’ book that compiled a collection of Doré’s biblical themed artwork.
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- Resolution: 7907 x 10731 300dpi
- Year of Print: 1891
- Artist: Gustave Dore
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1800s Print – Implements of Restoration from Drowning, Diving Bell, etc.
You’re looking at an Original pre-1820’s Antique Engraving from a rare copy of Abraham Rees’ “The Cyclopaedia; or, UNIVERSAL DICTIONARY OF ARTS, SCIENCES, and LITERATURE” (Published 1820 by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme)
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- Resolution: 7400 x 9350 300dpi
- Year of Print: 1800s
- Artist: Abraham Rees
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RUSSIAN Border and Frame Embellishment Design RACINET Vintage Artwork
Here we have an original vintage print from the Auguste Racinet L’ornement Polycrome (1870) series. One of the finest collections of decorative arts from the 19th century, refered to for inspiration by many modern creators. Many interesting and useful design elements are waiting to be explored in this one piece! The purpose of the fantastic reproductions in L’Ornement polychrome were to inspire an improvement of the decorative arts of its time.
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- Resolution: 13087 x 18674 300dpi
- Year of Print: Estimated 1873
- Artist: Auguste Racinet
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ANTIQUE Farriery Print – Varieties of Shoes – Vintage 1896
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- Resolution: 10924px x 8397px
- Year of Print: 1896
- Artist: W. J. Miles
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ANTIQUE Natural History Fossil Lithograph of Endicott, New York
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- Resolution: 8191 x 10151 300dpi
- Year of Print: 1780-1880
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ANTIQUE Biblical Print – 1891 G. Dore Burial-Ground in the Fir-Forest
You’re looking at a beautifully detailed, lithograph print by Gustave Doré. A French artist, printmaker, illustrator, comics artist, caricaturist, and sculptor who worked primarily with wood-engraving. This particular engraving was sourced from the 1891 ‘Bible Gallery’ book that compiled a collection of Doré’s biblical themed artwork.
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- Resolution: 7780 x 10282 300dpi
- Year of Print: 1891
- Artist: Gustave Dore
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COINS – Roman Coins (Consular) Original Antique Artwork 1880
An original Antique Plate scan from the National Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge. Published by William Mackenzie in 1880. Click on the Artist’s name to see the full collection from this series!
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- Resolution: 8600 x 5500 300dpi
- Year of Print: 1880
- Artist: William Mackenzie
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ANTIQUE Monograms used by the Italians Print – 1800’s
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- Resolution: 7308px x 9423px
- Year of Print: 1800s
- Artist: Abraham Rees
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LONG ISLAND, New York Scenes – Boats, Windmill, Lighthouse – 1874 Print
You’re looking at a beautifully detailed engraved illustration from the ‘Picturesque America’ series. Published by D. Appleton and Company of New York in 1872 and 1874 and edited by the romantic poet and journalist William Cullen Bryant.
The “Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In. A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes, Forests, Water-falls, Shores, Cañons, Valleys, Cities, and Other Picturesque Features of Our Country. With Illustrations on Steel and Wood, by Eminent American Artists” series was published and delivered as a subscription; semi-monthly parts were sent out to subscribers. Once complete, the subscription would be bound into volumes. The stately, bound two volume set was proudly displayed in parlors of subscriber homes as a show of status.
Engravers included Robert Hinshelwood (1812-1885), Edward Paxman Brandard (1819-1898), Samuel Valentine Hunt (1803-1893), William Wellstood (1819-1900), William Chapin (1802-1888), Henry Bryan Hall (1808-1884).
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- Resolution: 8260 x 11124 300dpi
- Year of Print: 1874
- Artist: D. Appleton
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ANTIQUE MUSIC Sheet Print – Principles of Music – Original 1791 Engraving
You’re looking at a scarce, 229 year old, steel plate engraving from the original “The New Encyclopaedia Or Modern Universal Dictionary Of Arts And Sciences On A New And Improved Plan” by Hall, William Henry, Bedford Row, London, published by C Cooke, London.
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- Resolution: 8300 x 13800 300dpi
- Year of Print: 1791
- Artist: C. Cooke
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VINTAGE 1904 Natural History Print – Group of Douroucoulis
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- Resolution: 5474px x 8032px
- Year of Print: 1904
- Artist: J. R. Ainsworth Davis
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ROMAN Widow and the Emperor Trajan – Gustave Dore Lithograph 1891
You’re looking at a beautifully detailed, lithograph print by Gustave Doré. A French artist, printmaker, illustrator, comics artist, caricaturist, and sculptor who worked primarily with wood-engraving. This particular engraving was sourced from the 1891 ‘Bible Gallery’ book that compiled a collection of Doré’s biblical themed artwork.
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- Resolution: 7702 x 10664 300dpi
- Year of Print: 1891
- Artist: Gustave Dore
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GREAT FIRE of LONDON – Antique History of England Print 1783
You’re looking at a crazy high quality scan of a beautifully preserved engraved steel plate print from the rare “New, Comprehensive, and Complete History of England” book by Edward Barnard, published in 1783. The delicate, informative, and detailed illustrations found inside encapsulated, in fascinating detail, moments of English History from the Roman era, right up to the Victorian.
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- Resolution: 7930 x 11524 300dpi
- Year of Print: 1783
- Artist: Edward Barnard
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ORIGINAL Vintage 1836 Engraving – Threshing – Antique Print
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- Resolution: 8587px x 6896px
- Year of Print: 1836
- Artist: Charles Taylor
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VINTAGE Biblical Print – Nergal – Mesopotamian God of Death
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- Resolution: 7342px x 9296px
- Year of Print: 1836
- Artist: Charles Taylor
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MUSICAL Instruments – plate III – Vintage Engraved Print 1836
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- Resolution: 7193px x 9128px
- Year of Print: 1836
- Artist: Charles Taylor
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VINTAGE 1836 Print – Calmet’s Dictionary of the Holy Bible
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- Resolution: 7456px x 10055px
- Year of Print: 1836
- Artist: Charles Taylor
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MONOGRAMS used by Engravers of the Low Countries – Antique Print 1800’s
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- Resolution: 7231px x 9439px
- Year of Print: 1800s
- Artist: Abraham Rees
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MONOGRAMS used by Italian Engravers – Antique Encyclopedia Print 1800’s
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- Resolution: 7180px x 9413px
- Year of Print: 1800s
- Artist: Abraham Rees
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ANTIQUE Drawing Instruments Print – Oval – 1800s Rees’ Encyclopedia
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- Resolution: 7377px x 9411px
- Year of Print: 1800s
- Artist: Abraham Rees
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ANCIENT Musical Instruments & Masks – Antique 1800s Print
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- Resolution: 7376px x 9411px
- Year of Print: 1800s
- Artist: Abraham Rees
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ANTIQUE Print – Gustave Dore 1891 Lithograph – The Death of Samson
You’re looking at a beautifully detailed, lithograph print by Gustave Doré. A French artist, printmaker, illustrator, comics artist, caricaturist, and sculptor who worked primarily with wood-engraving. This particular engraving was sourced from the 1891 ‘Bible Gallery’ book that compiled a collection of Doré’s biblical themed artwork.
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- Resolution: 7589 x 10769 300dpi
- Year of Print: 1891
- Artist: Gustave Dore
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BURIAL of Atala – Antique Biblical Artwork by Gustave Dore 1891
You’re looking at a beautifully detailed, lithograph print by Gustave Doré. A French artist, printmaker, illustrator, comics artist, caricaturist, and sculptor who worked primarily with wood-engraving. This particular engraving was sourced from the 1891 ‘Bible Gallery’ book that compiled a collection of Doré’s biblical themed artwork.
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- Resolution: 7831 x 10771 300dpi
- Year of Print: 1891
- Artist: Gustave Dore
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GEOGRAPHY and Supposed Astronomy of Joshua’s Miracle – Vintage Print
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- Resolution: 7499px x 9416px
- Year of Print: 1836
- Artist: Charles Taylor
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DECORATIVE Antique Voltaire Calligraphy Framed Portrait – 19th Century
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- Resolution: 12192 x 9632 300dpi
- Year of Print: 1900
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ANTIQUE Biblical Print – 1891 Gustave Dore – Jacob Going into Egypt
You’re looking at a beautifully detailed, lithograph print by Gustave Doré. A French artist, printmaker, illustrator, comics artist, caricaturist, and sculptor who worked primarily with wood-engraving. This particular engraving was sourced from the 1891 ‘Bible Gallery’ book that compiled a collection of Doré’s biblical themed artwork.
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- Resolution: 7928 x 10665 300dpi
- Year of Print: 1891
- Artist: Gustave Dore
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DECORATIVE Gothic Stained Glass Work – Original Antique 1889 Print
Here we have a wonderful chromolithograph print from Heinrich Dolmetsch’s “Der Ornamentenschatz – Ein Musterbuch stilvoller Ornamente aus allen Kunstepochen”. Published by Stuttgart, Hoffmann. A celebrated collection of ornamental/decorative designs and artwork inspired by various geographical regions and movements of the 16th / 17th and 18th century.
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- Resolution: 8355 x 11863 300dpi
- Year of Print: 1889
- Artist: Heinrich Dolmetsch
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VINTAGE 1836 Print – Medals of Taba
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- Resolution: 6770px x 8472px
- Year of Print: 1836
- Artist: Charles Taylor
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CANOEING – Vintage Hand Drawn Print – 1897
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- Resolution: 6149px x 9440px
- Year of Print: 1897
- Artist: Hedley Peek and F. G. Aflalo
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GLASS Manufacturing – 1882 Antique Old German Encyclopedia Print
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- Resolution: 10657px x 8740px
- Year of Print: 1882
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ANTIQUE Print of Instruments of Music – Indian Musical Instruments
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- Resolution: 7418px x 9462px
- Year of Print: 1800s
- Artist: Abraham Rees
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MEDALS of Sardis – Vintage Print 1836 – Calmet’s Dictionary of the Holy Bible
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- Resolution: 7073px x 9465px
- Year of Print: 1836
- Artist: Charles Taylor
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ANTIQUE Miscellanies Print – Druidical Circle, Coining, Churn – 1800s
You’re looking at an Original pre-1820’s Antique Engraving from a rare copy of Abraham Rees’ “The Cyclopaedia; or, UNIVERSAL DICTIONARY OF ARTS, SCIENCES, and LITERATURE” (Published 1820 by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme)
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- Resolution: 7400 x 9350 300dpi
- Year of Print: 1800s
- Artist: Abraham Rees
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STENOGRAPHY – Rare Antique Encyclopaedia Print – Abraham REES
You’re looking at an Original pre-1820’s Antique Engraving from a rare copy of Abraham Rees’ “The Cyclopaedia; or, UNIVERSAL DICTIONARY OF ARTS, SCIENCES, and LITERATURE” (Published 1820 by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme)
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- Resolution: 7400 x 9350 300dpi
- Year of Print: 1800s
- Artist: Abraham Rees
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Vintage 1880 Print – Examples of Aqueducts
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- Resolution: 7120px x 9593px
- Year of Print: 1880
- Artist: Encyclopedia Britannica
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DANTE and the Spirits of the Moon – Gustave Dore – 1891 Antique Artwork
You’re looking at a beautifully detailed, lithograph print by Gustave Doré. A French artist, printmaker, illustrator, comics artist, caricaturist, and sculptor who worked primarily with wood-engraving. This particular engraving was sourced from the 1891 ‘Bible Gallery’ book that compiled a collection of Doré’s biblical themed artwork.
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- Resolution: 7743 x 10691 300dpi
- Year of Print: 1891
- Artist: Gustave Dore
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STOVES and Cooking Machines – 1882 Vintage German Encyclopedia Print
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- Resolution: 10538px x 8654px
- Year of Print: 1882
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ANTIQUE Bible Print – Marco Lombardo – 1891 Gustave Dore Lithograph
You’re looking at a beautifully detailed, lithograph print by Gustave Doré. A French artist, printmaker, illustrator, comics artist, caricaturist, and sculptor who worked primarily with wood-engraving. This particular engraving was sourced from the 1891 ‘Bible Gallery’ book that compiled a collection of Doré’s biblical themed artwork.
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- Resolution: 8046 x 10523 300dpi
- Year of Print: 1891
- Artist: Gustave Dore
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