Items matching signs (results page 1)

Gospel of MatthewThe Four Gospels (1931)

A dainty winged man wearing a flowing robe is holding up a sign that reads “The Gospel of Matthew”. There is one of these full-page engravings at the start of each of the four gospels in this book, e [...]

Keywords: evangelists, page images, christianity, saint matthew, angels, people, wings, men, bare feet, signs, iconography, greyscale

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Added: 2015-04-03

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136.—To Be Sold By Auction.New Specimen of Cast-Metal Ornaments and Wood Types (1840)

A sign saying “to be sold at auction” as if written on a heavy curtain rod, complete with pineapple finials, and with heavy fringed clothe hung over it. This woodcut or engraving might have been used [...]

Keywords: signs, captions, auctions, commerce, greyscale

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Added: 2011-09-25

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137.—To Be Sold.New Specimen of Cast-Metal Ornaments and Wood Types (1840)

The phrase “to be sold” written in ornate yet heavy, “fat” lettering. The original is not rectangular in the fac simile I have, but whether this is a flaw in the facsimile or whether the original bloc [...]

Keywords: signs, captions, auctions, commerce, lettering, greyscale

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Added: 2011-09-25

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140.—To be sold by Auction.New Specimen of Cast-Metal Ornaments and Wood Types (1840)

A man, the auctioneer, smartly dressed with jacket and cravat, sits at an auctioneer’s bench with a gavel held up in one hand. Underneath him the legend, “To be sold by Auction.” This engraving would [...]

Keywords: signs, captions, auctions, people, commerce, clipart, slavery, greyscale

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Added: 2011-09-30

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Dark ZodiacTypo Ornamenty (1990)

These square pictures represent the twelve signs of the zodiac. From top to bottom, left to right, they are: Aries, the ram; taurus, the bull; Gemini, the twins; Cancer, the crab; Leo, the lion; Vigr [...]

Keywords: zodiac, astrology, signs, symbols, illustrations, drawings, greyscale

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Added: 2020-09-02

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Old Curiosity Shop, LondonFamous Scenes and Cities (1894)

Charles Dickens’ story The Old Curiosity Shop was published in 1840; the photograph here dates from 1893 or so and shoes the London shop of H. Poole, Waste Paper Dealer; on the side of the building, u [...]

Keywords: dickens, london, shops, streets, street scenes, cobbles, signs, windows, fog, greyscale

Places shown: LondonLondon; England

Added: 2020-09-19

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Monroe Colliery Co.Strong’s Book of Designs (1917)

A sign for a fictional gas and coal company, including a torch surrounded by a wreath. It would make a great prop for a picture or film set in America in 1910 or so. Monroe Colliery Co. Fairmont Gas [...]

Keywords: signs, lettering, art deco, greyscale

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Added: 2024-08-29

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