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Trade card of William Russell, Mahogany Turner and Cabinet Maker, c.1770. (I was concentrating on the hand written feel to this card when I added this to the board) History, Design, Museums, Decoupage, Fonts, Vintage, Jane Austen, Georgian Furniture, William Russell
18th Century Love
Trade card of William Russell, Mahogany Turner and Cabinet Maker, c.1770. (I was concentrating on the hand written feel to this card when I added this to the board)
Poster advertising the diverse entertainments on offer to theater goers, 1787  (I noticed the font sizes were a mix of all caps and upper and lower case along with the use different font sizes) Regency, British, Instagram, British Library, Old Advertisements, Theatre
georgentertain
Poster advertising the diverse entertainments on offer to theater goers, 1787 (I noticed the font sizes were a mix of all caps and upper and lower case along with the use different font sizes)
Playbill for the performance of KING LEAR at The Theatre, Birmingham on 17th July 1797. ( On this one I was looking more at the use of italics which I never went on use). Ballet, English, Hanoverian Kings, Birmingham, King Lear, King George Iii, Shakespeare Plays, Shakespeare
KING LEAR at the Theatre, Birmingham 1117291
Playbill for the performance of KING LEAR at The Theatre, Birmingham on 17th July 1797. ( On this one I was looking more at the use of italics which I never went on use).
18th century trade card: "At Francis Noble's Large Circulating Library, At Otway's Head, in King Street, Covent Garden. Books are Lent to Read. (Both English and French.) At Half a Guinea a Year, or Three Shillings a Quarter. Note. New Books Bought as soon as Publish'd. Ready Money for any Library or Parcel of Books, or Books Exchang'd." - Note that this advertises books in both English and French; ( In this one I was interested in the combination of Script and Serif fonts) London, Winchester, Old London, Historic Newspapers, Regency Era, Historical Data, Georgian Era, Vintage Ephemera
The Trade Cards of Old London
18th century trade card: "At Francis Noble's Large Circulating Library, At Otway's Head, in King Street, Covent Garden. Books are Lent to Read. (Both English and French.) At Half a Guinea a Year, or Three Shillings a Quarter. Note. New Books Bought as soon as Publish'd. Ready Money for any Library or Parcel of Books, or Books Exchang'd." - Note that this advertises books in both English and French; ( In this one I was interested in the combination of Script and Serif fonts)
18th century trade card: "Law, Dentist, No.10 St. Albans Street, Pall-Mall, Pupil of the late Mr. Rae, Surgeon Dentist to His Majesty and His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. Families attended by the Year." (In this one it was the decoration around the text that drew my eye and made me wonder of this was something that I could use in the absence of Illustration, as it turned out there was, The Bodini font I ended up using had many glyphs) Antique
More Trade Cards of Old London
18th century trade card: "Law, Dentist, No.10 St. Albans Street, Pall-Mall, Pupil of the late Mr. Rae, Surgeon Dentist to His Majesty and His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. Families attended by the Year." (In this one it was the decoration around the text that drew my eye and made me wonder of this was something that I could use in the absence of Illustration, as it turned out there was, The Bodini font I ended up using had many glyphs)
Seating plan for the wedding dinner of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette. (This piece seemed hand written which made me wonder if all the script fonts back then were, or were they printed?) Marriage, Queen, Maria Theresa, Visit France, Francis I, Marie Antoinette, Deal, Marie Antionette
treasure for your pleasure: marie antoinette
Seating plan for the wedding dinner of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette. (This piece seemed hand written which made me wonder if all the script fonts back then were, or were they printed?)
18th century trade card: "J. Seago, Print & Bookseller. High Street, St. Giles's near Tottenham Court Road. Prints, Drawings, & Books bought." (Here I started noticing a crest/framed theme from the period). Retro, Graphics, Vintage London, Vintage Prints, Vintage Images
More Trade Cards of Old London
18th century trade card: "J. Seago, Print & Bookseller. High Street, St. Giles's near Tottenham Court Road. Prints, Drawings, & Books bought." (Here I started noticing a crest/framed theme from the period).
Page from a 17th century German book on calligraphy entitled The Proper Art of Writing: a compilation of all sorts of capital or initial letters of German, Latin and Italian fonts from different masters of the noble art of writing. Although some can be recognisable as letters, it seems that a penchant for elaborate decoration has made most of them wonderfully illegible. (This is a century early bt I liked the style and the fact there are characters in there) Tribal Tattoos, Doodle Art, Hand Lettering, Typography, Letters, Calligraphy Art, Mandala, Caligraphy, Kunst
17th century Calligraphy from Germany
Page from a 17th century German book on calligraphy entitled The Proper Art of Writing: a compilation of all sorts of capital or initial letters of German, Latin and Italian fonts from different masters of the noble art of writing. Although some can be recognisable as letters, it seems that a penchant for elaborate decoration has made most of them wonderfully illegible. (This is a century early bt I liked the style and the fact there are characters in there)
18th century playbill (Good example of hierarchy here for the time period) Art, Posters, Play, The Threepenny Opera, Revolutions, Williamsburg Virginia, Literature
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18th century playbill (Good example of hierarchy here for the time period)
The lettering! So many more fantastic antique trade card images at Spitalfieldslife.com (Well, the original uploader of this seemed to like the typography, I've never felt that way about type so I decided to add it in, chances are they knew better than me. On reflection I think I like this too.) William Hogarth, Antiques
The Trade Cards of Old London
The lettering! So many more fantastic antique trade card images at Spitalfieldslife.com (Well, the original uploader of this seemed to like the typography, I've never felt that way about type so I decided to add it in, chances are they knew better than me. On reflection I think I like this too.)
18th century sailor's diary (I considered faking an aged look to make it seem like it was from that period). Sailors, Altered Books, Antique Books, Commonplace Book, Century, Old Diary, Royal Navy
Diary of 18th century sailor provides fascinating insight into life below decks in Nelson's navy
18th century sailor's diary (I considered faking an aged look to make it seem like it was from that period).
Documents on vellum.  FleaingFrance Brocante Society French handwritten documents from the 1700s Love, French, Books, Long, Brocante, Brief, In Writing, Words
Blue Dreams revisited
Documents on vellum. FleaingFrance Brocante Society French handwritten documents from the 1700s
(This claims to be a font from the 1700s but I wasn't convinced so I didn't use it in the end). Maths, Math Equations, Math, Lazy Dog
(This claims to be a font from the 1700s but I wasn't convinced so I didn't use it in the end).
Another 1700s poster ( See other poster for annotation) Us Slavery, American Indians, Vintage World Maps, Indigenous Americans, Indigenous North Americans, American, Indigenous Peoples
Another 1700s poster ( See other poster for annotation)
Poster from the 1700s (both of these posters had a frame which I found interesting). North American, American Heritage, Black History Facts, Ethnography
Poster from the 1700s (both of these posters had a frame which I found interesting).