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Engraved Butterfly Illustration Forming a Decorative Border with Shaded Background
This image is part of a beautiful collection of highly detailed, engraved illustrations from the early 1800s – Originally discovered within a small book full of stories inspired by the English countryside. While I’m sure the stories are lovely, I couldn’t get over how incredible these illustrations were!
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Vintage Floral Basket Toile De Jouy Chinoiserie Line Art Illustration PNG
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.
- Image Type(s): PNG
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Ornate 19th Century Decorative Frame with Elegant Patterns and Circular Middle
This decorative frame combines intricate patterns with classic 19th-century design elements. Provided in a high-resolution PNG format with a transparent background, it is perfect for use in a wide range of projects including invitations, certificates, and vintage-themed digital art.
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- 19th-century
- Antique
- arabesque
- Art
- art deco
- baroque
- Border
- certificates
- classic
- Decoration
- Decorative
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- Decorative Frame
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Isolated Golden Jackal SVG Clipart – Downloadable Transparent PNG Format also Included!
You’re looking at a stunning restoration of a wild Golden Jackal. This antique illustration was extracted from its original background and converted to the following image formats: SVG (vector), EPS (vector), and, of course, PNG (300dpi raster image with transparent background).
- Image Type(s): EPS, SVG, PNG
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Vintage Charm of the Spring Snowflake Bloom in Detailed Art
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- Resolution: 3464 × 5775
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Vintage PNG Color Illustration of a Diving Hawk
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- Resolution: 2042px x 1828px
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Detailed Flourished Botanical Illustration – Design Element No.4
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- Resolution: 1068px x 1358px
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Vintage Coloured Butterfly Print – Lloyd’s Natural History 1896
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- Resolution: 4061px x 6273px
- Year of Print: 1896
- Artist: Edward Lloyd
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ANTIQUE Original Kono Bairei Woodblock Japanese Print 1881 Bird on Branch
You’re looking at a beautiful piece of Japanese woodblock art from our collection of original 1881 prints by noted artist, Kono Bairei; Created for one of his best-known publications ‘one hundred birds’. Most of the bird species throughout this collection were native to Japan, with a few domesticated and some imported cage birds. Bairei was born and lived in Kyoto. He was apprenticed to the Maruyama printer Nakajima Raiso at the age of eight. He was a pupil of Shijo artist Shiokawa Bunrin and followed the Nanga school tradition. He established the Kyoto Prefectural School of Painting before opening his own studio to students and retiring from teaching.
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- Resolution: 5733 x 8095 300dpi
- Year of Print: 1881
- Artist: Kono Bairei
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Vintage Hand-Printed Serif Typeface – CL Antique No.19
We’re breathing new life into antique type!
This font is part of our growing collection of restored typefaces, carefully revived from original specimens in the Century Library archive. Each one is a direct translation of the past – scanned, cleaned up, and converted into a working font so you can actually use these historic letterforms, not just look at them.
These aren’t modern interpretations or redesigns. What you see is what was once printed – charming imperfections and all. The character set is limited to what was available in the original source material, which varies from font to font.
Perfect for adding an authentic vintage feel to your designs – whether you’re working on a book cover, a poster, branding, or just something personal – these fonts carry all the texture, age, and personality you’d expect from type that’s over a century old.
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Graceful Bust of Mademoiselle Fiocre with Braided Hair and Draped Fabric
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Graceful Botanical Border with Flourishing Grasses and Lady Bugs in Delicate Line Art
This image is part of a beautiful collection of highly detailed, engraved illustrations from the early 1800s – Originally discovered within a small book full of stories inspired by the English countryside. While I’m sure the stories are lovely, I couldn’t get over how incredible these illustrations were!
- Image Type(s): PNG
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Romantic Botanical Insect Frame with Blooming Flowers and Nature-Inspired Border
This image is part of a beautiful collection of highly detailed, engraved illustrations from the early 1800s – Originally discovered within a small book full of stories inspired by the English countryside. While I’m sure the stories are lovely, I couldn’t get over how incredible these illustrations were!
- Image Type(s): PNG
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Intricate Toile De Jouy Illustration – Ornamental Line Art Motifs in PNG Format
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.
- Image Type(s): PNG
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Vintage Decorative Frame with Intricate Leaf Patterns
A vintage decorative frame featuring intricate leaf patterns, ideal for adding a touch of elegance to documents, borders, or artistic projects.
- Resolution: 3494px x 5370px
- Image Type(s): PNG
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Grunge Vintage Paper Texture with Petina
- Resolution: 5021px x 7026px
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- burning
- text
- letterhead
- burnt
- correspondence
- torn
- layers
- brittle
- poster
- dirty
- spotted
- document
- weathered
- letter
- sheet
- pages
- cardboard
- backgrounds
- age
- stain
- messy
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- obsolete
- parchment
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Botanical Laurel Wreath Design Assets
You’re looking at a vintage collection of beautifully illustrated design assets discovered in a late 1800s design book. These illustrations were extracted from their original backgrounds and converted to the following image formats: SVG (vector), EPS (vector), and, of course, PNG (300dpi raster image with transparent background).
- Image Type(s): EPS, SVG, PNG
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Vintage PNG Color Artwork – Hummingbird No.1
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- Resolution: 4744px x 4727px
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MISCELLANEOUS Selection of Vintage Design Elements – 1800s Antique Stock Artwork
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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- Resolution: 7548 x 5527
- Year of Print: Late 1800s
- Artist: Schelter & Giesecke Type Foundry
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ASTRONOMY – Map of the Southern Heavens – Antique Engraving 1851
You’re looking at a well preserved original plate from Johann Georg Heck’s “Iconographic Encyclopedia of Sciences, Literature and Art” published in 1851 by Rudolphe Garrigue in New York. We were extremely fortunate to acquire the full collection of illustrative prints from the series, which after many months of looking, proved to be very difficult!
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- Resolution: 9192 x 7300 300dpi
- Year of Print: 1851
- Artist: Johann Georg Heck
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ANTHROPOLOGY – Anatomy of the Eye – Johann Heck Original 1851 Print
You’re looking at a well preserved original plate from Johann Georg Heck’s “Iconographic Encyclopedia of Sciences, Literature and Art” published in 1851 by Rudolphe Garrigue in New York. We were extremely fortunate to acquire the full collection of illustrative prints from the series, which after many months of looking, proved to be very difficult!
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- Resolution: 9214 x 7264 300dpi
- Year of Print: 1851
- Artist: Johann Georg Heck
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ORNAMENTAL Floral Borders by A. Erdmann – Antique Print
This image was sourced from our original ‘Dekorative Vorbilder’ collection; A gorgeous collection of Art Nouveau decorative patterns, graphics and illustrations including plants, figures and animals. For draftsman, painters, graphic artists, decorators, sculptors and architects. Published in 1904 by Julius Hoffman, Stuttgart.
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- Resolution: 8700 x 12200 300dpi
- Year of Print: 1904
- Artist: Julius Hoffman
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ARCTIC BLUEBIRD, 1850’s Hand Colored Lithograph, U.S.P.R.R
This 167 year old scan is from “U.S.P.R.R. Exp. & Surveys – To ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Made under the direction of the secretary of war in 1853-1856”. The artwork inside was some of the most artistic and accurate prints made of Birds, Mammals, Reptiles and Fish from the American West. Many of the Lithographs were beautifully hand-colored by a group of naturalists and artists who travelled with the expedition surverying the West for the U.S. Pacific Railroad. Search our archives or click on the artist name below to view the rest of the collection!
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- Resolution: 7594 x 10009 300dpi
- Year of Print: 1853
- Artist: USPRR Surveys
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Vintage Floral Pattern Background – Botanical Pattern No.7
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- Resolution: 2814px x 3233px
Vintage Tall Sans and Spur Serif – CL Antique No.24
We’re breathing new life into antique type!
This font is part of our growing collection of restored typefaces, carefully revived from original specimens in the Century Library archive. Each one is a direct translation of the past – scanned, cleaned up, and converted into a working font so you can actually use these historic letterforms, not just look at them.
These aren’t modern interpretations or redesigns. What you see is what was once printed – charming imperfections and all. The character set is limited to what was available in the original source material, which varies from font to font.
Perfect for adding an authentic vintage feel to your designs – whether you’re working on a book cover, a poster, branding, or just something personal – these fonts carry all the texture, age, and personality you’d expect from type that’s over a century old.
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Grunge Paper Texture with Faded Mythological Line Art and Fan Pattern Motif
- Image Type(s): JPG
- abstract figure drawing
- aged decorative print
- aged paper background
- antique motif collage
- classical figure sketch
- decorative etching
- distressed ephemera
- faded illustration overlay
- grunge texture
- historical texture overlay
- layered background element
- mythological line art
- ornamental fan pattern
- Spider web
- Texture
- vintage mythology texture
- worn parchment surface
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Decorative Calligraphy and Stamps from Vintage 1905 Postcard
This image is part of a curated collection that showcases a diverse range of vintage document designs and typographic art, featuring intricate letterhead logos, ornate receipts, and decorative printed overlays. Each piece captures the elegance of historical print styles—from German heraldic flourishes and British typographic traditions to antique invoices and lottery tickets. Perfect for design enthusiasts, crafters, and historians alike, these images offer a nostalgic glimpse into the artistry of printed communication, blending handwritten and printed text with ornamental details and transparent overlays.
- Resolution: 4051px x 2307px
- Image Type(s): PNG
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Red and Gold Vintage Book Cover with Embossed Decorative Elements
- Resolution: 4571px x 6293px
- Image Type(s): JPG
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Olive Green Fabric Embossed Vintage Book Cover Texture
- Resolution: 4968px x 7980px
- Image Type(s): JPG
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Victorian Wedding Invitation Frame Clipart in PNG, SVG, and EPS Formats – Vector Clip Art for Invitations and Design Projects
You’re looking at a stunning Victorian frame design perfect for a wedding invitation we discovered in a late 1800s design book. This illustration was extracted from their original background and converted to the following image formats: SVG (vector), EPS (vector), and, of course, PNG (300dpi raster image with transparent background).
- Image Type(s): EPS, SVG, PNG
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Isolated Tiger PNG Clipart – Downloadable Transparent SVG and EPS Formats also Included!
You’re looking at a stunning restoration of a wild Tiger. This antique illustration was extracted from its original background and converted to the following image formats: SVG (vector), EPS (vector), and, of course, PNG (300dpi raster image with transparent background).
- Image Type(s): EPS, SVG, PNG
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Vintage Decorative Line Art Illustration – Floral – Border – Frame – Pattern No.114
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- Resolution: 2873px x 4124px
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ANTIQUE Owen Jones Original Print – INDIAN No 6 – Grammar of Ornament
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- Resolution: 7429px x 11709px
- Year of Print: 1865
- Artist: Owen Jones
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MISCELLANEOUS Selection of Vintage Advertising / Promotional Design Elements – 1800s Antique Stock Artwork
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.
- License Info
- Resolution: 7419 x 5422
- Year of Print: Late 1800s
- Artist: Schelter & Giesecke Type Foundry
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ASTRONOMY – Map of the Northern Heavens – Johann Heck 1851 Print
You’re looking at a well preserved original plate from Johann Georg Heck’s “Iconographic Encyclopedia of Sciences, Literature and Art” published in 1851 by Rudolphe Garrigue in New York. We were extremely fortunate to acquire the full collection of illustrative prints from the series, which after many months of looking, proved to be very difficult!
- License Info
- Resolution: 9143 x 7310 300dpi
- Year of Print: 1851
- Artist: Johann Georg Heck
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Downward Pointing Hand with Cuffed Sleeve and Bent Fingers
- Image Type(s): PNG
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Heraldic Yellow Wolf with Long Tail
A yellow wolf with a long, bushy tail, sitting with its mouth open showing sharp teeth. This heraldic design combines ferocity and elegance, ideal for traditional crests and medieval themes.
- Resolution: 1050 x 1963
- Image Type(s): PNG
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Vintage Line Art Illustration of a Pointing Finger / Hand No.10
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- Resolution: 1122px x 469px
WORLD MAP – Rare Antique Print – J. Robins & Co. Albion Press London 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: 15400 x 9200 300dpi
- Year of Print: 1800s
- Artist: Abraham Rees
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Gothic Revival Serif Font – Restored 1800s Display Typeface with Stylized Capitals (CL Antique No.2)
We’re breathing new life into antique type!
This font is part of our growing collection of restored typefaces, carefully revived from original specimens in the Century Library archive. Each one is a direct translation of the past – scanned, cleaned up, and converted into a working font so you can actually use these historic letterforms, not just look at them.
These aren’t modern interpretations or redesigns. What you see is what was once printed – charming imperfections and all. The character set is limited to what was available in the original source material, which varies from font to font.
Perfect for adding an authentic vintage feel to your designs – whether you’re working on a book cover, a poster, branding, or just something personal – these fonts carry all the texture, age, and personality you’d expect from type that’s over a century old.
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Toile De Jouy Chinoiserie PNG Illustration with Ornamental Decorative Motifs and Line Art
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.
- Image Type(s): PNG
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Dutch Postcard Sample with Old Handwriting and Various Postal Stamps
This image is part of a curated collection that showcases a diverse range of vintage document designs and typographic art, featuring intricate letterhead logos, ornate receipts, and decorative printed overlays. Each piece captures the elegance of historical print styles—from German heraldic flourishes and British typographic traditions to antique invoices and lottery tickets. Perfect for design enthusiasts, crafters, and historians alike, these images offer a nostalgic glimpse into the artistry of printed communication, blending handwritten and printed text with ornamental details and transparent overlays.
- Resolution: 3163px x 1954px
- Image Type(s): PNG
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Wonderfully Handwritten Calligraphy Style Letter – Transparent Handwriting Overlay
This image is part of a curated collection that showcases a diverse range of vintage document designs and typographic art, featuring intricate letterhead logos, ornate receipts, and decorative printed overlays. Each piece captures the elegance of historical print styles—from German heraldic flourishes and British typographic traditions to antique invoices and lottery tickets. Perfect for design enthusiasts, crafters, and historians alike, these images offer a nostalgic glimpse into the artistry of printed communication, blending handwritten and printed text with ornamental details and transparent overlays.
- Resolution: 3155px x 4585px
- Image Type(s): PNG
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Frame with Red and White Border and Corner Embellishments and Paper Texture Background
This frame features a distinct red and white border with ornate corner embellishments, perfect for framing photos, artworks, or texts that require a bold and stylish touch. The unique shape adds an artistic flair.
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- Antique
- Art
- artistic
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- bold
- Border
- classic
- classic-look
- Corner
- creation
- decor
- Decorative
- decorative design
- decorous
- Design
- detailed
- elegant
- embellish
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- fancy
- Frame
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- Geometric
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- octagonal
- Ornate
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- red
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- retro
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- traditional
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- white
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Vintage 1800s Brown and Beige Moth Illustration with Subtle Wing Patterns – Antique Transparent PNG Art
A subtle and detailed illustration from the 1800s of a brown and beige moth with intricate wing patterns. This vintage artwork, rendered in a transparent PNG format, emphasizes the natural elegance and detailed beauty of this nocturnal insect.
- Resolution: 1544 × 1136
- Image Type(s): PNG
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Vintage Leather Texture Background with Coffee Rings
- Resolution: 5710px x 8966px
- Image Type(s): JPG
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Dark Green Fabric Vintage Book Texture with Floral Embossing
- Resolution: 6108px x 9109px
- Image Type(s): JPG
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Vintage Decorative Line Art Illustration – Floral – Border – Frame – Pattern No.234
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- Resolution: 1809px x 2158px
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