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  1. fromoldbooks.org/Aubrey-Histor

    A Victorian engraved full-page border drawn to look like twigs. This originally contained portraits of King Henry VIII of England and his six (sequential) wives - fromoldbooks.org/r/5/pages/438

    Henry had to have a legitimate heir in order to prevent another War of the Roses.

    Borders like this are great for menus, weddings, name cards, jam labels, all sorts.

    #fromOldBooks #vintageArt #border #clipArt #rustic #fullPageBorder

  2. fromoldbooks.org/Aubrey-Histor

    A Victorian engraved full-page border drawn to look like twigs. This originally contained portraits of King Henry VIII of England and his six (sequential) wives - fromoldbooks.org/r/5/pages/438

    Henry had to have a legitimate heir in order to prevent another War of the Roses.

    Borders like this are great for menus, weddings, name cards, jam labels, all sorts.

    #fromOldBooks #vintageArt #border #clipArt #rustic #fullPageBorder

  3. Desecration!

    Rušení posvŕtných hájů lípových, or, Disruption of sacred linden groves.

    It seems a bunch of yobbos have invaded a sacred ritual held in a clearing in a forest.

    The treatment of light and shade is exquisite in this 1884 engraving, published in a book “Bohemia: oint work of Czech writers and artists”, by František Adolf Šubert, lead, and František Adolf Borovský, co-editor.

    #pagan #ritualMagic #druids #fromOldBooks #engraving #vintageArt

    fromoldbooks.org/Subert-Cechy-

  4. Desecration!

    Rušení posvŕtných hájů lípových, or, Disruption of sacred linden groves.

    It seems a bunch of yobbos have invaded a sacred ritual held in a clearing in a forest.

    The treatment of light and shade is exquisite in this 1884 engraving, published in a book “Bohemia: oint work of Czech writers and artists”, by František Adolf Šubert, lead, and František Adolf Borovský, co-editor.

    #pagan #ritualMagic #druids #fromOldBooks #engraving #vintageArt

    fromoldbooks.org/Subert-Cechy-

  5. fromoldbooks.org/Subert-Cechy-

    A decorated letter V for a dropped capital, formally an inhabited initial, from an 1884 book about Vltava in Bohemia (Czechia). The V has a mermaid in it, & fishes & an eel swim about her. She’s naked (do mermaids wear clothes?).

    Decorated initials are used in print at the start of a chapter, or at the start of a section without a title so you can find it easily.

    #fantasyArt #fantasy #mermaid #initial #letterV #typography #initialLetter #fromOldBooks #woman

  6. fromoldbooks.org/Subert-Cechy-

    A decorated letter V for a dropped capital, formally an inhabited initial, from an 1884 book about Vltava in Bohemia (Czechia). The V has a mermaid in it, & fishes & an eel swim about her. She’s naked (do mermaids wear clothes?).

    Decorated initials are used in print at the start of a chapter, or at the start of a section without a title so you can find it easily.

    #fantasyArt #fantasy #mermaid #initial #letterV #typography #initialLetter #fromOldBooks #woman

  7. fromoldbooks.org/GorsseJacquin

    Battle of Knights

    Drawing by (i think) Hugo Vogel (1855-1934)

    Men are being nasty to one another, as men are wont to do, some on foot and some riding horses, in this close mêlée or fight. It’s a vignette from the titel page of “Gaskonští Kadeti” (1906) by Henri de Gorsse and Joseph Jaquin, a Czech edition of the French Les Cadets de Cascogne, a swashbuckling novel in the spirit of Star Trek.

    #fromOldBooks #engraving #vintageArt #fight #battle #war #soldiers #knights

  8. fromoldbooks.org/GorsseJacquin

    Battle of Knights

    Drawing by (i think) Hugo Vogel (1855-1934)

    Men are being nasty to one another, as men are wont to do, some on foot and some riding horses, in this close mêlée or fight. It’s a vignette from the titel page of “Gaskonští Kadeti” (1906) by Henri de Gorsse and Joseph Jaquin, a Czech edition of the French Les Cadets de Cascogne, a swashbuckling novel in the spirit of Star Trek.

    #fromOldBooks #engraving #vintageArt #fight #battle #war #soldiers #knights

  9. fromoldbooks.org/ModerneKunst-

    “Avenue of Sighs” or “Leaf Walk”, from a painting by Ferdinand Keller (1842 – 1922), known for his paintings of mystical views of nature. With hidden creatures and faces.

    Reproduced in Moderne Kunst in Meister-Halzschnitten, Vol. XV (1901), 230x320mm/9x12inches.

    #fromOldBooks #vintageArt #art #painting #spooky #forest

  10. fromoldbooks.org/ModerneKunst-

    “Avenue of Sighs” or “Leaf Walk”, from a painting by Ferdinand Keller (1842 – 1922), known for his paintings of mystical views of nature. With hidden creatures and faces.

    Reproduced in Moderne Kunst in Meister-Halzschnitten, Vol. XV (1901), 230x320mm/9x12inches.

    #fromOldBooks #vintageArt #art #painting #spooky #forest

  11. A Christmas Gift from 1901

    The waiter in his top hat has quite the platter, not to mention a basket of bottles of wine. Amazon delivery was never this good.

    Chromolithograph (i think) from 1901 German magazine Moderne Kunst, vol 15 by Edward Cucel (1879-1954 so no commercial use until January). Picture was approx A4 sized.

    fromoldbooks.org/ModerneKunst-

    #christmas #foodHamper #fromOldBooks #vintageArt #vintage #engraving #colour #color

  12. A Christmas Gift from 1901

    The waiter in his top hat has quite the platter, not to mention a basket of bottles of wine. Amazon delivery was never this good.

    Chromolithograph (i think) from 1901 German magazine Moderne Kunst, vol 15 by Edward Cucel (1879-1954 so no commercial use until January). Picture was approx A4 sized.

    fromoldbooks.org/ModerneKunst-

    #christmas #foodHamper #fromOldBooks #vintageArt #vintage #engraving #colour #color

  13. fromoldbooks.org/Lloyd-Familie

    A man in top hat and tails plays the flute outside a bedroom window, standing on the top of a wall. Vintage engraving ‘The Serenade” from Lloyd’s 1857 family book (Illustrirtes Familienbuch zur Unterhaltung & Belehrung häuslicher Kreise).

    The book describes him as a dreamy youth.

    From a painting by G. Neumann & engraved by Heinrich Petersen (1806-1870)

    #fromOldBooks #vintageEngraving #engraving #romantic #romance #courting #courtship #love #moonlight #valentinesDay

  14. fromoldbooks.org/Lloyd-Familie

    A man in top hat and tails plays the flute outside a bedroom window, standing on the top of a wall. Vintage engraving ‘The Serenade” from Lloyd’s 1857 family book (Illustrirtes Familienbuch zur Unterhaltung & Belehrung häuslicher Kreise).

    The book describes him as a dreamy youth.

    From a painting by G. Neumann & engraved by Heinrich Petersen (1806-1870)

    #fromOldBooks #vintageEngraving #engraving #romantic #romance #courting #courtship #love #moonlight #valentinesDay

  15. A schoolroom in Tunisia (1883)

    The boys are learning to read Arabic and to recite the Koran in this 1883 engraving from a drawing by Edmund Berninger (1843 - 1910).

    Scanned from El Mundo Ilustrado - fromoldbooks.org/ElMundoIlustr that i bought when i had an unexpected night in Lisbon on W3C business in 2017.

    #education #children #teaching #crossLegged #dark #stone #boys #pupils #school #arabic #tunisia #fromOldBooks #engraving

  16. A schoolroom in Tunisia (1883)

    The boys are learning to read Arabic and to recite the Koran in this 1883 engraving from a drawing by Edmund Berninger (1843 - 1910).

    Scanned from El Mundo Ilustrado - fromoldbooks.org/ElMundoIlustr that i bought when i had an unexpected night in Lisbon on W3C business in 2017.

    #education #children #teaching #crossLegged #dark #stone #boys #pupils #school #arabic #tunisia #fromOldBooks #engraving

  17. fromoldbooks.org/Cassell-TheBr

    A photograph of the ruins of Llanthony Abbey published in 1905 using a proprietary photogravure process from the Rembrandt Intaglio Printing Co.

    The abbey ws built around 1200CE by Augustinian monks, and closed at the Dissolution by King Henry VIII; it was abandoned, and eventually used as a farm.

    #romanticRuin #fromOldBooks #vintagePhotograph #sepia #stoneBuilding #llanthonyPriory #HondduValley #Wales #Cymru #Welsh

  18. fromoldbooks.org/Cassell-TheBr

    A photograph of the ruins of Llanthony Abbey published in 1905 using a proprietary photogravure process from the Rembrandt Intaglio Printing Co.

    The abbey ws built around 1200CE by Augustinian monks, and closed at the Dissolution by King Henry VIII; it was abandoned, and eventually used as a farm.

    #romanticRuin #fromOldBooks #vintagePhotograph #sepia #stoneBuilding #llanthonyPriory #HondduValley #Wales #Cymru #Welsh

  19. A full-page border that surrounded a page in “The Art of Illuminating As Practised in Europe from the Earliest Times” by W R Tymms (London, UK, 1860). A fabulous book i bought at Geoffry Aspin’s bookshop in Hay-on-Wye in the 1980s.

    I made versions in different colours; you can also use the Colour tab on the Web page to change colour. It’s one of the most popular images i’ve posted.

    fromoldbooks.org/Tymms-Illumin

    #fromOldBooks #victorianArt #ornateBorder #border #fullPageBorder #decorative

  20. A full-page border that surrounded a page in “The Art of Illuminating As Practised in Europe from the Earliest Times” by W R Tymms (London, UK, 1860). A fabulous book i bought at Geoffry Aspin’s bookshop in Hay-on-Wye in the 1980s.

    I made versions in different colours; you can also use the Colour tab on the Web page to change colour. It’s one of the most popular images i’ve posted.

    fromoldbooks.org/Tymms-Illumin

    #fromOldBooks #victorianArt #ornateBorder #border #fullPageBorder #decorative

  21. Llanthony Priory, Vally of the Honddu, Wales, UK, from a 1905 photograph.

    The priory was built around 1200 by Augustinian monks, but was closed at the Dissolution in the 16th century, and fell into a ruin; it was partly reused as a farm.

    Process: Rembrandt Photogravure.

    fromoldbooks.org/Cassell-TheBr

    #ruins #abbey #priory #llanthony #llanthonyPriory #Welsh #wales #vintagePhotograph #hills #cows #romanticRuin #fromOldBooks

  22. Llanthony Priory, Vally of the Honddu, Wales, UK, from a 1905 photograph.

    The priory was built around 1200 by Augustinian monks, but was closed at the Dissolution in the 16th century, and fell into a ruin; it was partly reused as a farm.

    Process: Rembrandt Photogravure.

    fromoldbooks.org/Cassell-TheBr

    #ruins #abbey #priory #llanthony #llanthonyPriory #Welsh #wales #vintagePhotograph #hills #cows #romanticRuin #fromOldBooks

  23. Another #arthurRackham picture; i have a few books that he illustrated, and his illustrations are now out of copyright.

    Alas, they are all (if in colour) printed with the four-colour process, which actively resists scanning. I’ve wondered about training an “AI”, although others have reported poor results.

    Anyway, here is Adrtift, from The Snow Queen.

    #watercolour #painting #fear #child #littleGirl #scared #fromoldbooks #watercolor #england #english

    fromoldbooks.org/ArthurRackham

  24. Another #arthurRackham picture; i have a few books that he illustrated, and his illustrations are now out of copyright.

    Alas, they are all (if in colour) printed with the four-colour process, which actively resists scanning. I’ve wondered about training an “AI”, although others have reported poor results.

    Anyway, here is Adrtift, from The Snow Queen.

    #watercolour #painting #fear #child #littleGirl #scared #fromoldbooks #watercolor #england #english

    fromoldbooks.org/ArthurRackham

  25. fromoldbooks.org/Creighton-Eng

    This alms-house (low-income public housing they might say today?) was originally a chapel in Warwick, built in 1126 CE. It was used by trade guilds and then became an alms-house in 1571. It is still an alms-house today, almost 500 years later.

    It's also open to the public.

    #warwick #medieval #medievalArchitecture #architcture #tudor #elizabethan #England #building #blackAndWhite #fromOldBooks

  26. fromoldbooks.org/Creighton-Eng

    This alms-house (low-income public housing they might say today?) was originally a chapel in Warwick, built in 1126 CE. It was used by trade guilds and then became an alms-house in 1571. It is still an alms-house today, almost 500 years later.

    It's also open to the public.

    #warwick #medieval #medievalArchitecture #architcture #tudor #elizabethan #England #building #blackAndWhite #fromOldBooks

  27. fromoldbooks.org/DasBuchFurAll

    The washer-woman or maid has already put the violin through the tub or hot water and soap and is now orking on the viola. The owner rushes into the room in a panic!

    An engraving from 1890.

    The original painting was auctioned in 2021, as “Spring Cleaning, or, A Diligent Housekeeper.”

    Amusing but strong classist undertones.

    #vintageEngraving #fobo #humour #humor #funny #music #cleaner #classistBigotry #LouisGunnis #angry #anger #viola #fromOldBooks

  28. fromoldbooks.org/DasBuchFurAll

    The washer-woman or maid has already put the violin through the tub or hot water and soap and is now orking on the viola. The owner rushes into the room in a panic!

    An engraving from 1890.

    The original painting was auctioned in 2021, as “Spring Cleaning, or, A Diligent Housekeeper.”

    Amusing but strong classist undertones.

    #vintageEngraving #fobo #humour #humor #funny #music #cleaner #classistBigotry #LouisGunnis #angry #anger #viola #fromOldBooks

  29. Is that a quidditch snitch in her hand?

    This engraving was made to sell the borders in it, & appeared in a printer’s catalogue of 1917.

    fromoldbooks.org/Strong-BookOf

    More at fromoldbooks.org/Strong-BookOf

    #artDeco #artNouveau #jugendStile #fromOldBooks #vintageEngraving #quidditch #harryPotter #GIMP #xsane

    PS: mention of quidditch is NOT an endorsement of the views of its inventor...

  30. Is that a quidditch snitch in her hand?

    This engraving was made to sell the borders in it, & appeared in a printer’s catalogue of 1917.

    fromoldbooks.org/Strong-BookOf

    More at fromoldbooks.org/Strong-BookOf

    #artDeco #artNouveau #jugendStile #fromOldBooks #vintageEngraving #quidditch #harryPotter #GIMP #xsane

    PS: mention of quidditch is NOT an endorsement of the views of its inventor...

  31. Art nouveau border (#JugendStile) by Walter Crane,

    fromoldbooks.org/WalterCrane-P

    Taken from an edition of Theo Marzials’ “Pan Pipes” from 1883, bought at Temple Books, now in Welland Ontario.

    #vintage #art #border #artNouveau #FromOldBooks #fobo

  32. Art nouveau border (#JugendStile) by Walter Crane,

    fromoldbooks.org/WalterCrane-P

    Taken from an edition of Theo Marzials’ “Pan Pipes” from 1883, bought at Temple Books, now in Welland Ontario.

    #vintage #art #border #artNouveau #FromOldBooks #fobo

  33. Karl Heffner (1849 – 1925) was a Bavarian musician who became interested in art after working for an English art dealer, Tom Wallis, and ended up exhibiting and even being commissioned by Edward Prince Regent (the future king Edward VII).

    This picture may have been painted on a wooden frame in this shape, i’m not sure; the reproduction i scanned was an engraving.

    #fobo #fromOldBooks #clipart #vintageEngraving #oilPainting #art #vintageArt #landscape #river #riverScene #picture

  34. Karl Heffner (1849 – 1925) was a Bavarian musician who became interested in art after working for an English art dealer, Tom Wallis, and ended up exhibiting and even being commissioned by Edward Prince Regent (the future king Edward VII).

    This picture may have been painted on a wooden frame in this shape, i’m not sure; the reproduction i scanned was an engraving.

    #fobo #fromOldBooks #clipart #vintageEngraving #oilPainting #art #vintageArt #landscape #river #riverScene #picture

  35. fromoldbooks.org/Paracelsus-Ar

    Some magic circles taken from a 1656 English translation of a manuscript of “Celestial Medicine” said to be by Paracelsus (1493–1541). These circles, when engraved onto coins made in a particular way at the right time, are said to invoke the mysterious power of the Zodiac. Wow.

    I won’t toot here for each image :)

    #fobo #fromOldBooks #clipart #vintageEngraving #illustration #engraving #occult #religion #ancientMedicine #magicCircles #zodiac #astrology #Aries

  36. fromoldbooks.org/Paracelsus-Ar

    Some magic circles taken from a 1656 English translation of a manuscript of “Celestial Medicine” said to be by Paracelsus (1493–1541). These circles, when engraved onto coins made in a particular way at the right time, are said to invoke the mysterious power of the Zodiac. Wow.

    I won’t toot here for each image :)

    #fobo #fromOldBooks #clipart #vintageEngraving #illustration #engraving #occult #religion #ancientMedicine #magicCircles #zodiac #astrology #Aries

  37. A fanciful reconstruction of Druidic worship at Stonehenge (1884)

    fromoldbooks.org/Dobbins-Error

    There's no actual evidence of human sacrifice being used - the Roman accounts of “druids” are as accurate as Putin's accounts of Ukraine - and it was built before the pyramids, long pre-Roman :)

    #fobo #fromOldBooks #clipart #vintageEngraving #illustration #engraving #worship #religion #druids #stonehenge #stoneCircle #snakeWorship

  38. A fanciful reconstruction of Druidic worship at Stonehenge (1884)

    fromoldbooks.org/Dobbins-Error

    There's no actual evidence of human sacrifice being used - the Roman accounts of “druids” are as accurate as Putin's accounts of Ukraine - and it was built before the pyramids, long pre-Roman :)

    #fobo #fromOldBooks #clipart #vintageEngraving #illustration #engraving #worship #religion #druids #stonehenge #stoneCircle #snakeWorship

  39. fromoldbooks.org/Morris-Pictur

    Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, UK

    Known today especially for its gardens, Alnwick Castle was first buyilt in 1096, possibly on the site of an earlier Roman fort. It was rebuilt in the 1300s and again in the 1700s. The same family has lived there, Percy, since around 1300.

    #statelyHome #fobo #fromOldBooks #clipart #vintageEngraving #illustration #engraving #bigHouse #countryHouse #castle #medieval #alnwick #earlyColourPrinting

  40. fromoldbooks.org/Morris-Pictur

    Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, UK

    Known today especially for its gardens, Alnwick Castle was first buyilt in 1096, possibly on the site of an earlier Roman fort. It was rebuilt in the 1300s and again in the 1700s. The same family has lived there, Percy, since around 1300.

    #statelyHome #fobo #fromOldBooks #clipart #vintageEngraving #illustration #engraving #bigHouse #countryHouse #castle #medieval #alnwick #earlyColourPrinting

  41. fromoldbooks.org/Morris-Pictur

    Cholmondeley Castle.

    It’s pronounced “Chumley” and the same family has been living there since 1066 or so (they must be getting old by now).

    The castle was built in the early 19th century, replacing an older wooden hall. Sorry, i don’t know if it has a dungeon :) The chapel (i think on the right) is much older.

    #statelyHome #fobo #fromOldBooks #clipart #vintageEngraving #illustration #engraving #bigHouse #countryHouse #castle #medieval #19thCentury #cholmondeley

  42. fromoldbooks.org/Morris-Pictur

    Cholmondeley Castle.

    It’s pronounced “Chumley” and the same family has been living there since 1066 or so (they must be getting old by now).

    The castle was built in the early 19th century, replacing an older wooden hall. Sorry, i don’t know if it has a dungeon :) The chapel (i think on the right) is much older.

    #statelyHome #fobo #fromOldBooks #clipart #vintageEngraving #illustration #engraving #bigHouse #countryHouse #castle #medieval #19thCentury #cholmondeley

  43. fromoldbooks.org/Casabo-LaCivi

    Crusaders attacking Jerusalem, from a book of history of [Western] Civilization (Barcelona, 1881).

    I'm not sure about climbing a wooden siege-ladder wearing metal ring-mail & carrying a flag-pole, nor about pointing a sword menacingly at a man with a bow, but it's the fantasy of raising the flag over enemy territory.

    #castle #menWithSwords #ringMail #knights #soldiers #medieval #ohDearHeDied #fobo #fromOldBooks #clipart #woodEngraving #jerusalem #crusades #flag #War

  44. fromoldbooks.org/Casabo-LaCivi

    Crusaders attacking Jerusalem, from a book of history of [Western] Civilization (Barcelona, 1881).

    I'm not sure about climbing a wooden siege-ladder wearing metal ring-mail & carrying a flag-pole, nor about pointing a sword menacingly at a man with a bow, but it's the fantasy of raising the flag over enemy territory.

    #castle #menWithSwords #ringMail #knights #soldiers #medieval #ohDearHeDied #fobo #fromOldBooks #clipart #woodEngraving #jerusalem #crusades #flag #War

  45. Vignette: crucifix with skull and prayer book or bible and hourglass, engraved in 1878 from a work by the French artist Yann Dargent. It's a detail from a larger illustration of the life of St. Bonaventura, the patron saint of bowel disorders. Really.

    fromoldbooks.org/LaFranceIllus

    #fobo #fromOldBooks #clipart #woodEngraving #art #christian #symbols #christianSymbols #mortality

  46. Vignette: crucifix with skull and prayer book or bible and hourglass, engraved in 1878 from a work by the French artist Yann Dargent. It's a detail from a larger illustration of the life of St. Bonaventura, the patron saint of bowel disorders. Really.

    fromoldbooks.org/LaFranceIllus

    #fobo #fromOldBooks #clipart #woodEngraving #art #christian #symbols #christianSymbols #mortality