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893.—Border with Freemasonry Symbols.New Specimen of Cast-Metal Ornaments and Wood Types (1840)

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 set-square (on the right-hand pillar) [...]

Keywords: occult, symbols, borders, cartouches, frames, astrology, freemasonry, greyscale

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Added: 2011-12-15

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894.—Full-page border with laurel-leaf frameNew Specimen of Cast-Metal Ornaments and Wood Types (1840)

This rectangular full-page border contains an inner oval frame or cartouche made from laurel leaves, used to symbolize victory. There is also a version of this border with the laurel leaves coloured g [...]

Keywords: borders, cartouches, frames, leaves, victory, laurel leaves, wreaths, greyscale

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Added: 2013-02-08

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894b.—Full-page border with green laurel leaves.New Specimen of Cast-Metal Ornaments and Wood Types (1840)

This rectangular full-page border contains an inner oval frame or cartouche made from laurel leaves, used to symbolize victory. In this version I have coloured the laurel leaves green. See also the or [...]

Keywords: borders, cartouches, frames, leaves, victory, laurel leaves, wreaths, colour

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Added: 2013-02-08

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0987.—Zebra standing at rest.New Specimen of Cast-Metal Ornaments and Wood Types (1840)

Wood-engraving of a zebra, with high-contrast stripes. This woodcut was attributed to Thomas Bewick in the book, and may well have come from him, judging by the high quality, the style, and the subjec [...]

Keywords: animals, zebras, stripes, greyscale

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Added: 2017-03-01

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1048.—Border with EvangelistsNew Specimen of Cast-Metal Ornaments and Wood Types (1840)

I think the two bearded men depicted here, each holding a pen and page, are Saint Matthew (with the angel) and Saint John (with the cross). This wood-engraving might be suitable for a place-card or ca [...]

Keywords: borders, cartouches, cartici, frames, people, beards, religion, crosses, christianity, evangelists, easter, greyscale

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Added: 2014-07-28

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1050.—Border with BishopsNew Specimen of Cast-Metal Ornaments and Wood Types (1840)

Ths border features a bishop with a crook, another with a TV antenna, a cross, pillars, the letters IHS, and wiggly lines. It’s all a bit crooked, but there are even stained-glass-window motifs near t [...]

Keywords: borders, religion, bishops, people, symbols, crosses, beards, greyscale

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Added: 2014-03-22

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1052.—Border With Saint and SurferNew Specimen of Cast-Metal Ornaments and Wood Types (1840)

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 probabl [...]

Keywords: borders, saints, people, men, beards, bare feet, greyscale

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Added: 2020-02-07

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1052.—Border With AngelsNew Specimen of Cast-Metal Ornaments and Wood Types (1840)

Two female angels, winged women with bare feet and flowing robes, one with an exposed breast, stand as suppoters on either side of a blank rectangular frame suitable for inserting an announcement; at [...]

Keywords: angels, borders, frames, cartici, women, people, books, bare feet, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

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Added: 2014-02-13

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1054.—Border with Mary, Jesus and JosephNew Specimen of Cast-Metal Ornaments and Wood Types (1840)

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 rig [...]

Keywords: mary, jesus, joseph, borders, frames, cartici, people, religion, christianity, christmas, easter, xmas, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

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Added: 2014-08-12

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1085.—Circular border of frame, red purple yellow and brown.New Specimen of Cast-Metal Ornaments and Wood Types (1840)

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 in a geometric design, all with dark [...]

Keywords: borders, frames, circular, colour, cartici

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Added: 2017-04-01

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