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stock block: Young male servant carrying a boar’s headTypographic Ornaments (1850)

This young man carries a platter of food: a roasted pig’s head with fruit or vegetables around it, on a platter. He wears a ruff round his neck, a tunic over a long-sleeved shirt, and simple shoes; pr [...]

Keywords: servants, food, service, waiters, youths, boys, men, people, animal heads, pork, feasting, feat, holiday, christmas, xmas, costumes, medieval costume, stock blocks, greyscale

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Added: 2019-04-10

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Index, manicule, or pointing handTypographic Ornaments (1850)

Drawings of hands, often with arms attached, were added to mediæval manuscripts by people who used them; the hands were used to draw attention to particular passages of interest. This hand, index, or [...]

Keywords: manicules, hands, pointers, ornaments, drawings, indexes, maniculæ bookmarks, greyscale

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Added: 2020-09-07

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Stock block: two dancing harlequinsTypographic Ornaments (1850)

This vintage art pair of jesters are two men dressed as harlequins, or clowns; the one on the left has a hat with bells on it and carries a punch-and-judy style stick with a head on the end; the one o [...]

Keywords: clowns, harlequins, dancing, people, men, costumes, stock blocks, greyscale

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Added: 2018-09-12

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stock block: scales, or equal-arm balance.Typographic Ornaments (1850)

In an equal arm balance like this one you can compare the weights of things in the two pans; often you use a set of standardized weights in one pan and add them until the lever at the top is level, in [...]

Keywords: scales, scientific instruments, diagrams, balance, balancing, stock blocks, libra, zodiac, astrology, greyscale

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Added: 2019-04-28

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Stock block: Victorian railway engine and tenderTypographic Ornaments (1850)

No source is given for this 2-4-0 steam engine US: railroad locomotive) and it’s not clear whether it is a drawing of an actual engine and tender or just a generic one. This picture was originally sol [...]

Keywords: steam engines, railways, engines, transport, steam, smoke, people, stock blocks, greyscale

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Added: 2019-04-28

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Stock block: deer skullTypographic Ornaments (1850)

This vintage woodcut of a deer skull looks almost like a Cthulhu monster or the “Kraken”. This picture was originally sold as a “stock block” or “stock cut”—that is, a form of clip art in which metal [...]

Keywords: skulls, death, horns, antlers, eye-sockets, spooky, cthulhu, tentacles, stock blocks, greyscale

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Added: 2018-09-12

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Stock block: Child kneeling in a circular vignetteTypographic Ornaments (1850)

This Victorian engraving shows a boy (probably) kneeling within a circular border; he holds a boquet of flowers in one hand as he gazes at a butterly perched on his other hand. There’s a circle of flo [...]

Keywords: children, innocence, flowers, butterflies, nudity, bare feet, boys, circular, stock blocks, greyscale

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Added: 2018-09-12

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stock block: Terrier woodcutTypographic Ornaments (1850)

This woodcut of a Scottish cairn terrier, or similar dog, is an example of a stock block (or stock cut): an illustraiton sold to printers on a stereotyped copy of the original engraving, for use in th [...]

Keywords: dogs, animals, stock blocks, clip art, cairn terriers, terriers, greyscale

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Added: 2018-11-05

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Chapterheads with cherubs, dragons, fish, neptune, flowersTypographic Ornaments (1850)

Three separate chapterheads: one with two cherubs, or naked boys, each holding one end of a rope, or a pipe with a bulb on the end, perhaps about to squirt some giant flowers; one with a Greek male h [...]

Keywords: chapterheads, cherubs, nudity, bare feet, flowers, fish, greek gods, heads, neptune, dragons, wyverns, mythological creatures, wings, floriated borders, foliated borders, greyscale

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Added: 2020-11-20

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Index, pointing hand, or maniculeTypographic Ornaments (1850)

Drawings of hands, often with arms attached, were added to mediæval manuscripts by people who used them; the hands were used to draw attention to particular passages of interest. This hand, index, or [...]

Keywords: manicules, hands, pointers, ornaments, drawings, indexes, maniculæ bookmarks, greyscale

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Added: 2022-01-13

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