Antique Memes

Wanderings through university and library image collections; etchings, leaflets, prints, lithographs, relics of yore. Items digitized from before the digital age. Let's remember what we forgot. Lest we forget.

ANTIQUE - collectible old item: a collectible decorative or household object that is valued because of its age, the style, traditions, and qualities of ancient times, old and often valuable, of interest to collectors

MEME - a cultural characteristic passed down through generations: any characteristic of a culture, e.g. its language, that can be transmitted from one generation to the next in a way analogous to the transmission of genetic information

Permalink I made several things,…as little round pots, flat dishes, etc. Rhead, Louis, 1857-1926 — Artist  Rhead, F. A. (Frederick Alfred), 1855- — Artist From The life and strange surprising adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York, mariner. (New York : Harper & Brothers, c1900) Defoe, Daniel (1661?-1731), Author. Rhead, F. A. (Frederick Alfred) (1855-).
Permalink Image Title :  And this time she whisked off the wig; and there lay the lad, so lovely, and white and red, just as the Princess had seen him in the morning sun. Alternate Title : The widow’s son. Creator : Nielsen, Kay Rasmus, 1886-1957 — Artist Medium : Halftone photomechanical prints Original Source : From East of the sun and west of the moon : old tales from the north; illustrated by Kay Nielsen. (New York G.H. Doran Co. 1922) Asbjørnsen, Peter Christen (1812-1885), Author.
Permalink Image Title :  [Costume with wig and bells.] Medium : Aquatints — Hand-colored Source : Gilbert Adrian costume designs for the Greenwich Village follies.
Permalink Pour l’été cette robe d’avant-midi en toile bleu pastel ou en shantung. (1934)
Permalink Belle Époque Style, George Barbier, Fashions, 1912
Permalink [To market, to market.]
Permalink   Image Title :  The bubble. Creator : Greenaway, Kate, 1846-1901 — Artist Medium : Halftone photomechanical prints Notes : Written below image: “In the possession of the Hon. Gerald Ponsonby.” Artist’s initials lower left corner. Original Source : From Kate Greenaway. Black, 1905) Layard, George Somes (1857-1925), Author. Spielmann, M. H. (Marion Harry) (1858-1948), Author.
Permalink Image Title :  The tailor he shot and missed his mark. Creator : Brooke, L. Leslie (Leonard Leslie), 1862-1940 — Artist Specific Material Type : prints Item Physical Description : 1 print : col. ; 15 x 11.4 cm. Notes : Artist monogram lower right corner of image. No publication date noted. Original Source : From The tailor and the crow : an old rhyme with new drawings by L. Leslie Brooks. (New York Frederick Warne) Brooke, L. Leslie (Leonard Leslie) (1862-1940), Artist. Brooke, L. Leslie (Leonard Leslie) (1862-1940), Author.
Permalink Image Title :  “I beg your pardon, Mr. Serpent, would you be so kind…” Source : Children’s book illustrations / Book illustrations — Pinocchio Source Description : 1 folder (13 pictures) Location : Mid-Manhattan Library / Picture Collection
Permalink [Chéri is rescued by Princess Belle-Etoile.] (1909?) Creator : Crane, Walter, 1845-1915 — Artist
Permalink Title: Wall street bubbles; - always the same / Kep. Creator(s): Keppler, Udo J., 1872-1956, artist Date Created/Published: N.Y. : J. Ottmann Lith. Co., Puck Bldg., 1901 May 22. Medium: 1 print : chromolithograph. Summary: Illustration shows a bull (stock market) blowing bubbles labeled “Inflated Values” with many unwary investors reaching for them. Copyright 1901 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.
Permalink Rouget. ([1897])
Permalink Image ID: 1698246 The magic cup.
Permalink Image ID: 1130532 Granadilla Indica, scandens, et semper virens = Fiori della Passione = Fleur de la Passion. [Passion fruit](1772-1793)
Permalink Image ID: 1800108 [Illustration.] (1750)