New Specimen of Cast-Metal Ornaments and Wood Types (page 1/4)

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1052.—Border With Saint and Surfer

This border includes neoclassical columns supporting a rectangular space for the insertion of text; on one side is what i took at first to be a cool barefoot surfer dude with sunglasses bus it probably meant to be a prophet, and on the other side a bearded man with a halo and spear, perhaps Saint Longinus who pierced the side of [...] [more...] [$]

1054.—Border with Mary, Jesus and Joseph

This frame, or cartouche, forms a decorative border around a rectangle for inserting type, such as a place-setting or perhaps an invitation to a Christening. On the left are Mary and Jesus; on the right, Joseph holding the Rod of Aaron with its serpent. According to legend, [more...] [$]

145.—Leading a Horse

A man wearing jodhpurs, tall boots and a hat leads an unsaddled horse by grasping the reins in his left hand. He holds a riding crop or whip inhis right hand. [more...] [$]

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...] [$]

267.—Country Dance

Woodcut showing three people dancing; they wear eighteenth century clothing. At first I thght they were children playing, but now I think it is a formal dance featturing two men and a woman. [more...] [$]