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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 [...]
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signs, captions, auctions, commerce, lettering, greyscale
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none
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 b [...]
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signs, captions, auctions, people, commerce, clipart, slavery, greyscale
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Added: 2011-09-30
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147.—Horse and trainer.
New Specimen of Cast-Metal Ornaments and Wood Types (1840)
A man wearing jodhpurs, tall boots and a hat leads an unsaddled horse in a circle; he carries a whip.
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people, animals, horses, greyscale
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Added: 2011-09-30
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159.—Horse and Carriage.
New Specimen of Cast-Metal Ornaments and Wood Types (1840)
At one time people had different names for different sorts of carriage. This one is like a stage coach. It is enclosed, with a door, and windows either side of the door each bearing a star, and also w [...]
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carts, horses, carriages, transport, people, colour
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Added: 2011-04-09
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160. – Horse and Carriage.
New Specimen of Cast-Metal Ornaments and Wood Types (1840)
This woodcut is similar to Fig. 159, except that the carriage and horses are moving to the right, the wheels are smaller, and the spokes are drawn to give an effect of rapid motion.
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carts, horses, carriages, transport, people, greyscale
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166.—Two dogs in Scotland
New Specimen of Cast-Metal Ornaments and Wood Types (1840)
Two dogs in the Scottish highlands, with a crofter’s cottage in the background. The dogs are border collies, I think: sheepdogs.
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dogs, hills, cottages, wallpaper, backgrounds, colour
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Scotland
Added: 2011-04-09
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168.—Lovers in the bushes.
New Specimen of Cast-Metal Ornaments and Wood Types (1840)
A gentleman and a woman, the man with a formal jacket with long tails and the woman with a long dress and a broad-brimmed hat or bonnet walk through bushes and trees, arm in arm.
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people, romance, lovers, costumes, formal, walking, bushes, greyscale
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Added: 2011-06-13
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885.—Tightrope artist with table and candles and dwarf.
New Specimen of Cast-Metal Ornaments and Wood Types (1840)
On a styilized stage a woman sits on a tightrope with a three-legged table holding two lit candles and other items; she is holding two cups and perhaps will juggle. She wears a feather i her cap and i [...]
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people, circuses, theatre, performances, balancing, tightropes, chairs, stages, greyscale
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Added: 2014-02-12
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887.—Men Skating At Night.
New Specimen of Cast-Metal Ornaments and Wood Types (1840)
Five men are skating on a frozen pond at night, leaving trails in the ice. They smile. They are wearing top hats and eighteenth-century dress. One of them carries a cane. In the background, wintry tr [...]
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people, winter, christmas, sport, costumes, colour
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Added: 2011-12-13
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892.—Oval Frame With Leafy Branches
New Specimen of Cast-Metal Ornaments and Wood Types (1840)
This oval frame has two different kinds of branch, with leaves, on either side, and a ribbon on the top.I could not identify the leaves.I have coloured the image; the original was printed in solid bla [...]
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frames, oval, cartici, borders, leaves, foliated borders, colour
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Added: 2015-09-18
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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) [...]
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occult, symbols, borders, cartouches, frames, astrology, freemasonry, greyscale
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unspecified
Added: 2011-12-15
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