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Vintage Decorative Line Art Illustration – Floral – Border – Frame – Pattern No.28
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- Resolution: 3420px x 3396px
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Vintage Photograph of some Trees – PNG Collage Clip Art
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White Water Lily – Vintage Botanical Colour Print – 1863
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- Resolution: 5606px x 8769px
- Year of Print: 1863
- Artist: MRS Lankester
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BOTANICAL Vintage 1863 Print – Common Garden Poppy
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- Resolution: 5660px x 8777px
- Year of Print: 1863
- Artist: MRS Lankester
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VINTAGE Botanical Print – Verbascum Thapsus
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- Resolution: 7827px x 11966px
- Year of Print: 1874
- Artist: F. Edward Hulme
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Vintage Full Color PNG Illustration – Monkey No.7
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- Resolution: 2842px x 2749px
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Vintage Full Color PNG Illustration – Monkey No.6
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- Resolution: 1290px x 895px
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Vintage Design Element – Decorative Border / Frame Design No.30
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- Resolution: 1592px x 1325px
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Human Eye Inside a Triangle / Pyramid with Sun Burst Lines No.1
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Antique Fashion Artwork – Portrait of Lady Wearing a Hat No.8
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- Resolution: 2997px x 3548px
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Antique Fashion Artwork – Portrait of Lady Wearing a Hat No.3
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- Resolution: 2890px x 3178px
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Vintage Line Art Illustration of a Pointing Finger / Hand No.3
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- Resolution: 2277px x 1121px
Vintage Paper Texture – No.26
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- Resolution: 4500px x 6365px
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Vintage Paper Texture – No.2
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- Resolution: 3500px x 5000px
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Creases and Damp Stained Old Paper Texture No.1
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- Resolution: 6584px x 9082px
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Antique Marble Book Texture – Full Open Book Scan
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- Resolution: 9431px x 7840px
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High Quality Scan of Front of Anitque Music Sheet Booklet with Worn Label
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Decorative and Detailed Antique Frame / Border – Perfect for Invitations and Packaging No.30
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Decorative and Detailed Antique Frame / Border – Perfect for Invitations and Packaging No.29
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Decorative and Detailed Antique Frame / Border – Perfect for Invitations and Packaging No.23
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- Resolution: 6290px x 8220px
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Header Banner Display Piece with Several Areas For Design
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- Resolution: 7464px x 2353px
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Vintage Header Design Element – Perfect for Top of Page
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- Resolution: 4714px x 3565px
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ANATOMY- Myology – Antique 1800s Print – Rees’ Encyclopedia
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- Resolution: 7401px x 9492px
- Year of Print: 1800s
- Artist: Abraham Rees
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1896 Vintage Coloured Butterfly Print – Lloyd’s Natural History
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- Resolution: 4126px x 6242px
- Year of Print: 1896
- Artist: Edward Lloyd
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Vintage Map of Monmouth – Encyclopedia Britannica 1880
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- Resolution: 7145px x 9563px
- Year of Print: 1880
- Artist: Encyclopedia Britannica
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Vintage Map of Morocco – Encyclopedia Britannica 1880
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- Resolution: 9394px x 7239px
- Year of Print: 1880
- Artist: Encyclopedia Britannica
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MISCELLANEOUS Selection of Vintage Hunting Related Design Elements
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: 7558 x 5399
- Year of Print: Late 1800s
- Artist: Schelter & Giesecke Type Foundry
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VINTAGE Decorative Design Elements – Ribbons and Banners for Type
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: 7560 x 5515
- Year of Print: Late 1800s
- Artist: Schelter & Giesecke Type Foundry
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ANTIQUE Original Border and Typography Graphic Print Design 1891
This stunning 19th-century graphic pattern sample was discovered within the ‘Internationaler Graphischer Muster-Austausch des deutschen Buchdrucker-Vereins’ which translates to ‘International graphic pattern exchange of the German book printer association’. Inside was a plethora of gorgeous examples of typography, layout design, printing techniques, and more. A fine display of some of the very best from the print industry of the time and a fantastic source for the modern creator and enthusiast.
The demand for beautifully designed printed material spiked during the latter part of the 19th century and with new technical possibilities, demands became more elaborate. To keep up with the times, the best printing companies in Europe and the United States exchanged their finest creations in an attempt to push the industry to new heights. The technologies that would make a faithful reproduction of originals in print possible were still not invented, or deficient. Therefore, professional stakeholders had to exchange their original works among themselves.
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- Resolution: 7821 x 10222
- Year of Print: 1890
- Artist: Print Association
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ANTIQUE Kono Bairei Woodblock Japanese Prints 1881 Bird and Snake
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: 11814 x 8028
- Year of Print: 1881
- Artist: Kono Bairei
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ANTIQUE Original Kono Bairei Woodblock Japanese Print 1881 Ducks Water
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: 5738 x 8151 300dpi
- Year of Print: 1881
- Artist: Kono Bairei
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PHYSICS – Barometer, Pressure of Liquids, Air Pumps – Antique 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: 9166 x 7377 300dpi
- Year of Print: 1851
- Artist: Johann Georg Heck
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SURGERY – Various Antique Surgical Instruments – 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!
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- Resolution: 9294 x 7317 300dpi
- Year of Print: 1851
- Artist: Johann Georg Heck
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ANTHROPOLOGY – Anatomy of Vascular System – Antique 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: 9405 x 7423 300dpi
- Year of Print: 1851
- Artist: Johann Georg Heck
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ANTIQUE Botanical Print – Variety of Botany Illustrations – 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: 9310 x 7449 300dpi
- Year of Print: 1851
- Artist: Johann Georg Heck
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ANTIQUE Dragon Blood Tree and Various Botany Illustrations – 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: 9413 x 7978 300dpi
- Year of Print: 1851
- Artist: Johann Georg Heck
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DUTCH Renaissance – Stained Glass Art – Ornamental 1889 Antique 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: 7905 x 11865 300dpi
- Year of Print: 1889
- Artist: Heinrich Dolmetsch
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SATUES of ROME – Proportions of the Human Body – ANTIQUE Anatomy Print
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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BIRDS – Great Egret, Red Flamingo, Cariama. Antique 1880’s Artwork
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: 5500 x 8600 300dpi
- Year of Print: 1880
- Artist: William Mackenzie
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MAMMALS Ungulata – Javan Chevrotain, Giraffe. Antique 1880 Print
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: 5500 x 8600 300dpi
- Year of Print: 1880
- Artist: William Mackenzie
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REPTILES Antique Serpents Stock Image. William Mackenzie 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: 7594 x 10009 300dpi
- Year of Print: 1880
- Artist: William Mackenzie
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XVII CENTURY Decorative Sculpture Design RACINET Speigel Lithograph Vintage Stock Image
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: 11634 x 16420 300dpi
- Year of Print: Estimated 1873
- Artist: Auguste Racinet
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14TH 15TH CENTURY Racinet Original Stock Image Régamey Lithography Stock Art
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: 12433 x 17740 300dpi
- Year of Print: Estimated 1873
- Artist: Auguste Racinet
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16TH 17TH CENTURY Floral Pattern Art RACINET Plate LXXIII Vintage Stock Image
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: 12433 x 17740 300dpi
- Year of Print: Estimated 1873
- Artist: Auguste Racinet
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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 Original Kono Bairei Woodblock Japanese Prints 1881 Bird
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: 11582 x 8028
- Year of Print: 1881
- Artist: Kono Bairei
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Antique Coloured Print 1896 – Colocolo (wild cat)
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- Resolution: 6275px x 4113px
- Year of Print: 1896
- Artist: Edward Lloyd
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