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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: 1085.---Circular border of frame, red purple yellow and brown.]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Davison-Ornaments/wm/big/1085-circular-frame-red-yellow-purple-q67-196x200.jpg "[picture: 1085.---Circular border of frame, red purple yellow and brown.]")
1085.—Circular border of frame, red purple yellow and brown.
A circular frame or border, with an outer and an inner purple ring and between them, on a solid red area, alternate dark brown lozenges and purple and ellow balls [more...] [$]
![[picture: 893.---Border with Freemasonry Symbols.]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Davison-Ornaments/wm/big/0893-border-astrological-symbols-q80-256x200.jpg "[picture: 893.---Border with Freemasonry Symbols.]")
893.—Border with Freemasonry Symbols.
This border, frame, or cartouche, was on an engraved block for sale in the 1800s; it shows the sun and moon, an eye with rays coming out of it (Illuminati?), the [more...] [$]
![[picture: 1052.---Border With Angels]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Davison-Ornaments/wm/big/1052-border-with-angels-q75-267x200.jpg "[picture: 1052.---Border With Angels]")
![[picture: 8800.---Soldiers.]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Davison-Ornaments/wm/big/0889-soldiers-q17-295x200.jpg "[picture: 8800.---Soldiers.]")
This image was almost certainly made to have text inserted in the central black rectangle. If you do this, you should probably first fill the rectangle with solid black.
The picture shows a line of soldiers, in an eighteenth-century style of uniform including a diagonal sash across the chest and a sword, marching down a hill from a castle. In the [more...] [$]
![[picture: 150.---Horce racing.]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Davison-Ornaments/wm/big/0150-horce-racing-q85-474x200.jpg "[picture: 150.---Horce racing.]")
Two badly-drawn horses are neck-and-neck at the finish line in a horse-race, their jockeys brandishing whips. [$]
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