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Antique Line Art Engraving Illustration – Mineralogy – Crystals – Precious Stones – No.12
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Antique Line Art Engraving Illustration – Mineralogy – Crystals – Precious Stones – No.8
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Antique Line Art Engraving Illustration – Mineralogy – Crystals – Precious Stones – No.7
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Scientific Apparatus Illustration – Microscope No.1
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Vintage Illustration of a Pocket Knife No.1
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Wildlife Illustration – Insect – Death Moth
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Vintage Decorative Line Art Illustration – Floral – Border – Frame – Pattern No.111
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Vintage Line Art PNG Illustration of a Decorative Candlestick No.2
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Vintage PNG Full Color Illustration of a Butterfly No.4
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Small Hand Drawn PNG Line Art Illustration of a Tree No.12
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PNG Artwork of The Greek God of Financial Gain – Mercury
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Vintage Full Color PNG Illustration – Palm Tree
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VINTAGE British Grasses Print – Edward Lowe – 1891
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- Year of Print: 1891
- Artist: Edward Joseph Lowe
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COLOURED Botanical Print – Stunning Vintage Print 1830
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- Year of Print: 1830
- Artist: James Andrews
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Vintage Full Color Prehistoric Illustration of a Megalasuarus Dinosaur
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Antique Heraldry Illustration of a Unicorn
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Antique Natural History Line Art Illustration – Moth
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Victorian Fashion Drawing – Gentlemans Top Hat No.3
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Vintage Line Art Illustration of Hands Shaking No.2
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Vintage Paper Texture – No.10
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High Quality Scan of Antique Canvas Textured Book Cover No.2
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High Quality Scan of Antique Canvas Textured Book Cover No.1
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Aged with Beautiful Petina – Antique Handwritten Book Scan No.18
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Aged with Beautiful Petina – Antique Handwritten Book Scan No.9
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Vintage Scan of Grunge and Dirty Cream Envelope Texture No.2
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Tall Vertical Banner / Border for Text No.1
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THE SOLAR SYSTEM – Vintage 1882 Old Encyclopedia Print
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- Year of Print: 1882
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Vintage Coloured Butterfly Print – Lloyd’s Natural History 1896
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- Year of Print: 1896
- Artist: Edward Lloyd
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Lloyd’s Natural History Vintage Coloured Butterfly Print – 1896
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- Year of Print: 1896
- Artist: Edward Lloyd
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Lloyd’s Natural History Vintage Coloured Butterfly Print – 1896
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- Year of Print: 1896
- Artist: Edward Lloyd
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VINTAGE Decorative Design Elements – Ornamental 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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- Year of Print: Late 1800s
- Artist: Schelter & Giesecke Type Foundry
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DECORATIVE Print Presses with Border 1891 Graphic Pattern Exchange
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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- Year of Print: 1890
- Artist: Print Association
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ANTIQUE Original Kono Bairei Woodblock Japanese Prints 1881 Birds
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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- Year of Print: 1881
- Artist: Kono Bairei
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GODS and Godesses – Antique 1851 Print by Johann Heck
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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- Year of Print: 1851
- Artist: Johann Georg Heck
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MYTHOLOGY and Religion – Hindu Gods, Figures, and Symbols – 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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- Year of Print: 1851
- Artist: Johann Georg Heck
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MILITARY Sciences – Artillery Carriages – Original Antique 1851 Engraving
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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- 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: 9216 x 7314 300dpi
- Year of Print: 1851
- Artist: Johann Georg Heck
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FRENCH Renaissance Pattern Printing and Embroidery – Antique 1889 Art
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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- Year of Print: 1889
- Artist: Heinrich Dolmetsch
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ORNAMENTAL Gothic Weaving, Embroidery, and Painted Sculpture – 1889 Art
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: 8290 x 11863 300dpi
- Year of Print: 1889
- Artist: Heinrich Dolmetsch
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VINTAGE Botanical Artwork – Poinsettia Pulcherrima 1868 Lithograph
You’re looking at a beautifully coloured british botanical lithograph print from the ‘Beautiful Leaved Plants’ series by Edward Lowe. These antique illustrations, printed in 1868, have lasted the test of time, and the colours are stunning.
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- Year of Print: 1868
- Artist: Edward Joseph Lowe
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CANAL – Antique Steel Engraving of ‘Der Distellochdamm’ Marx, Alexander
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- Year of Print: 1847
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ACADIAN Red Fish, 1853 Antique Stock Image. U.S.P.R.R Ex & Survey
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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- Year of Print: 1853
- Artist: USPRR Surveys
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