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Some engravings from William Davison’s New Specimen of Cast-Metal Ornaments and Wood Types, printed at Alnwick, Northumberland, in about 1840.
William Davison’s printing house was well-known for many years; he is also known for having corresponded with the famous engraver Thomas Bewick, and some of the engravings in the specimen book appear to be by Bewick and are marked with a B in the book.
The images do not have captions in the printed specimen book, just numbers.
Title: New Specimen of Cast-Metal Ornaments and Wood Types
Published by: William Davison
City: Alnwick
Date: 1840
Total items: 31
Out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free for all purposes usage credit requested, or as marked.
![[picture: 892.---Oval Frame With Leafy Branches]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Davison-Ornaments/wm/big/0892-oval-border-leaves-ribbon-coloured-q67-138x200.jpg "[picture: 892.---Oval Frame With Leafy Branches]")
892.—Oval Frame With Leafy Branches
This oval frame has two different kinds of branch, with leaves, on either side, and a ribbon on the top. [more...] [$]
![[picture: 166.---Two dogs in Scotland]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Davison-Ornaments/wm/big/0166-dogs-border-collies-q75-267x200.jpg "[picture: 166.---Two dogs in Scotland]")
Two dogs in the Scottish highlands, with a crofter’s cottage in the background. The dogs are border collies, I think: sheepdogs. [$]
![[picture: 888.---Octagonal Border with starbursts.]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Davison-Ornaments/wm/big/0888-border-octagon-starbursts-q90-146x200.jpg "[picture: 888.---Octagonal Border with starbursts.]")
888.—Octagonal Border with starbursts.
A vintage border that would look well with Christmas or holiday items. [$]
![[picture: 145.---Leading a Horse]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Davison-Ornaments/wm/big/0146-leading-a-horse-q72-300x200.jpg "[picture: 145.---Leading a Horse]")
![[picture: 678.---Swallowtail Butterfly]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Davison-Ornaments/wm/big/0678-butterfly-q67-262x200.jpg "[picture: 678.---Swallowtail Butterfly]")
This antique engraving of a swallowtail butterfly—the English swallowtail, sometimes called in America the Old World Swallowtail Butterfly, is attributed to Thomas Bewick. Notice how the engraving becomes speckled with white towards the left, creating a graduated shading effect and helping the butterfly appear three-dimensional; a high resolution [...] [more...] [$]
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