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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: 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. [$]
![[picture: 1085.---Circular border of frame, red purple yellow and brown.]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Davison-Ornaments/wm/big/1085-circular-frame-red-yellow-purple-q67-196x200.jpg "[picture: 1085.---Circular border of frame, red purple yellow and brown.]")
1085.—Circular border of frame, red purple yellow and brown.
A circular frame or border, with an outer and an inner purple ring and between them, on a solid red area, alternate dark brown lozenges and purple and ellow balls [more...] [$]
![[picture: 140.---To be sold by Auction.]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Davison-Ornaments/wm/big/0140-auctioneer-q75-236x200.jpg "[picture: 140.---To be sold by Auction.]")
![[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. [$]
![[picture: 147.---Horse and trainer.]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Davison-Ornaments/wm/big/0147-horse-and-trainer-q90-319x200.jpg "[picture: 147.---Horse and trainer.]")
A man wearing jodhpurs, tall boots and a hat leads an unsaddled horse in a circle; he carries a whip. [$]
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