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!
The image is 1 of 59 from the following collection: 'Discover Toile De Jouy’s gorgeous style within this meticulously edited collection of 59 isolated PNG illustrations. Inside, you'll discover a wonderfully detailed set of vintage illustrations with a subtle texture applied, making the illustration look like it has been printed with dark blue ink! It’s super effective and looks fantastic on light backgrounds.
The image is 1 of 59 from the following collection: 'Discover Toile De Jouy’s gorgeous style within this meticulously edited collection of 59 isolated PNG illustrations. Inside, you'll discover a wonderfully detailed set of vintage illustrations with a subtle texture applied, making the illustration look like it has been printed with dark blue ink! It’s super effective and looks fantastic on light backgrounds.
The image is 1 of 59 from the following collection: 'Discover Toile De Jouy’s gorgeous style within this meticulously edited collection of 59 isolated PNG illustrations. Inside, you'll discover a wonderfully detailed set of vintage illustrations with a subtle texture applied, making the illustration look like it has been printed with dark blue ink! It’s super effective and looks fantastic on light backgrounds.
The image is 1 of 59 from the following collection: 'Discover Toile De Jouy’s gorgeous style within this meticulously edited collection of 59 isolated PNG illustrations. Inside, you'll discover a wonderfully detailed set of vintage illustrations with a subtle texture applied, making the illustration look like it has been printed with dark blue ink! It’s super effective and looks fantastic on light backgrounds.
The image is 1 of 59 from the following collection: 'Discover Toile De Jouy’s gorgeous style within this meticulously edited collection of 59 isolated PNG illustrations. Inside, you'll discover a wonderfully detailed set of vintage illustrations with a subtle texture applied, making the illustration look like it has been printed with dark blue ink! It’s super effective and looks fantastic on light backgrounds.
A detailed illustration of a springtime landscape featuring trees and a lake, capturing the serene beauty of nature with intricate line art details
A detailed vintage illustration of a reindeer grazing in a snowy landscape, featuring its iconic antlers. This transparent PNG captures the reindeer's natural habitat, suitable for wildlife and winter-themed projects.
The type foundry and print shop of old would create books, like the one this image was discovered within, to help customers and clients with their design choices. Naturally, these books were jam packed with useful illustrative elements that could be combined to create a final piece. Today, these books are extremely difficult to get a hold of. Especially those that were published in the late 1800s. They were not mainstream publications, they simply served as 'catalogs' and thus were only produced in small numbers. Fortunately, we were introduced to a collector who had precisely what we had been searching for for so long. After some costly negotiations, we're very excited to be able to share the wonderful gems within.
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