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English: A bottle of Mackey’s “Cochin” India Drawing Ink, from an 1897 catalogue
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| Source | Catalogue of the Mackey Print Paper Company, 1897 (https://archive.org/stream/cataloguepriceli00mack#page/175/mode/1up) |
| Author | Anonymous illustrator |
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English: A bottle of Winsor & Newton Liquid Indian Ink illustrated in an 1897 catalogue
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| Date | |
| Source | Catalogue of the Mackey Print Paper Company, 1897 (https://archive.org/stream/cataloguepriceli00mack#page/188/mode/1up) |
| Author | Anonymous illustrator |
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English: A bouquet of pencils from the Mackey Print Paper Company of Pittsburgh, 1897
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| Date | |
| Source | Catalogue of the Mackey Print Paper Company, 1897 (https://archive.org/stream/cataloguepriceli00mack#page/n173/mode/1up) |
| Author | Anonymous illustrator |
| Description |
English: “It Is true that he took to occasional rhymes/With an art that was rather instinctive at times”: illustration by W. P. Snyder for the novel-length poem Geraldine by Alphonso A. Hopkins
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| Date | |
| Source | Geraldine, 1887 (https://archive.org/stream/geraldinesouveni00hopkiala#page/n23/mode/1up) |
| Author | W. P. Snyder |
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English: Glass-topped store display case for assorted stationery, 1893
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| Date | |
| Source | Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co. catalogue, 1893 (https://archive.org/stream/illustratedcatal00cars#page/220/mode/1up) |
| Author | Anonymous illustrator |
The source of this image was lost when the old Illustrations site disappeared. You may be assured, however, that it is in the public domain.
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English: Christine de Pisan (or Pizan) writing, engraved after a 15th-century manuscript
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| Date | |
| Source | Les Arts au moyen age, 1873 (https://archive.org/stream/lesartsaumoyenag00jaco#page/10/mode/1up) |
| Author | Unknown engraver after a 15th-century miniature |
| Description |
English: A girl writes with a quill at a portable writing-desk
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| Date | |
| Source | Instruction and Amusement for the Young, 1830 (https://archive.org/stream/instructionamuse00newh#page/5/mode/1up) |
| Author | Unknown illustrator |
“Mr. Dixon, the celebrated Californian Penman, as he appears at Mr. Stokes’s lectures, illustrating memory as applied to fine art penmanship, and executing beautiful specimens while keeping time to music!” From Stokes’s Rapid Drawing, 1879.