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Some engravings from William Davison’s New Specimen of Cast-Metal Ornaments and Wood Types, printed at Alnwick, Northumberland, in about 1840.
William Davison’s printing house was well-known for many years; he is also known for having corresponded with the famous engraver Thomas Bewick, and some of the engravings in the specimen book appear to be by Bewick and are marked with a B in the book.
The images do not have captions in the printed specimen book, just numbers.
Title: New Specimen of Cast-Metal Ornaments and Wood Types
Published by: William Davison
City: Alnwick
Date: 1840
Total items: 29
Out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free for all purposes usage credit requested, or as marked.
![[picture: 1085.---Circular border of frame, red purple yellow and brown.]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Davison-Ornaments/wm/big/1085-circular-frame-red-yellow-purple-q67-196x200.jpg "[picture: 1085.---Circular border of frame, red purple yellow and brown.]")
1085.—Circular border of frame, red purple yellow and brown.
A circular frame or border, with an outer and an inner purple ring and between them, on a solid red area, alternate dark brown lozenges and purple and ellow balls [more...] [$]
![[picture: 1052.---Border With Saint and Surfer]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Davison-Ornaments/wm/big/1052-border-of-martyrs-q85-290x200.jpg "[picture: 1052.---Border With Saint and Surfer]")
1052.—Border With Saint and Surfer
This border includes neoclassical columns supporting a rectangular space for the insertion of text; on one side is what i took at first to be a cool barefoot surfer dude with sunglasses bus it probably meant to be a prophet, and on the other side a bearded man with a halo and spear, perhaps Saint Longinus who pierced the side of [...] [more...] [$]
![[picture: 1054.---Border with Mary, Jesus and Joseph]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Davison-Ornaments/wm/big/1054-border-of-mary-and-joseph-and-baby-q51-267x200.jpg "[picture: 1054.---Border with Mary, Jesus and Joseph]")
1054.—Border with Mary, Jesus and Joseph
This frame, or cartouche, forms a decorative border around a rectangle for inserting type, such as a place-setting or perhaps an invitation to a Christening. On the left are Mary and Jesus; on the right, Joseph holding the Rod of Aaron with its serpent. According to legend, [more...] [$]
![[picture: 1048.---Border with Evangelists]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Davison-Ornaments/wm/big/1048-religious-border-q38-293x200.jpg "[picture: 1048.---Border with Evangelists]")
![[picture: 894b.---Full-page border with green laurel leaves.]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Davison-Ornaments/wm/big/0894-oval-border-laurel-leaves-green-q90-136x200.jpg "[picture: 894b.---Full-page border with green laurel leaves.]")
894b.—Full-page border with green laurel leaves.
This rectangular full-page border contains an inner oval frame or cartouche made from laurel leaves, used to symbolize victory. In this version I have coloured the laurel leaves green. [more...] [$]
Some engravings from William Davison’s New Specimen of Cast-Metal Ornaments and Wood Types, printed at Alnwick, Northumberland, in about 1840.
William Davison’s printing house was well-known for many years; he is also known for having corresponded with the famous engraver Thomas Bewick, and some of the engravings in the specimen book appear to be by Bewick and are marked with a B in the book.
The images do not have captions in the printed specimen book, just numbers.
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