1800s Posters and Art Prints

Vintage illustrated poster

Vintage illustration by Maurice Réalier

Vintage illustration by Marcello Dudovich

Map of Genova, Italy, drawn around late 1800s

Vintage illustration by Louis Rhead

Vintage illustration by Leopoldo Metlicovitz

Vintage illustration by Otto Eckmann for the German Arts magazine, Jugend

Vintage illustration advert by Georges Meunier

Vintage illustration from the German Arts magazine, Jugend

Illustration by Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof

Vintage illustration by Louis Rhead

Vintage illustration by Louis Rhead

Vintage illustration by Aleardo Villa

Vintage Illustration by Jan Toorop

The Super S, also known as the Cool S, Universal S, Pointy S, Middle School S, Graffiti S, and by many other names, is a graffiti sign in popular culture that is typically doodled on teen’s notebooks or graffitied on walls. The exact origin of the Cool S is unknown, but it may have originated from the 1890 book, Mechanical Graphics, by professor Frederick Newton Willson. The symbol began appearing in greater numbers and frequency around the early 1970s as a part of graffiti culture, though it can be found much earlier in works like Hans Holbein’s large double-portrait, known as The Ambassadors from 1533.

Vintage illustration

Vintage Illustration by Jan Toorop

Vintage illustration by Julie de Graag

Vintage magazine illustration

Vintage illustration from the German Arts magazine, Jugend

Vintage illustration

Vintage illustration from the German Arts magazine, Jugend

Vintage illustration by Walter Crane for the German Arts magazine, Jugend

Vintage illustration from the German Arts magazine, Jugend

A top 5 all time movie for me

Vintage advertisment

Vintage poster illustration by Jules Chéret

Soren Kierkegaard Pseudonyms

loco for locomotives

Vintage illustration from the German Arts magazine, Jugend

From an original Engraving from the Illustrated London News 1862. Please note there may be some age related discolouration or marks from the original which will show also on any print ordered. Images with text to the reverse may show some bleed through on lighter images. This is inevitable with prints of this age & actually lends an authentic look to the print in my opinion. Please refer to the scanned image.

Vintage Illustration by Jan Toorop

Cowboys pose for a portrait in their camp. 1890.

Vintage illustration by Maxfield Parrish

Vintage illustration

Vintage illustration by Robert Engels