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 [To market, to market.]
Permalink [“Unable to move a step, or cry to the children merrily skipping by”]
Permalink Lion and the unicorn.
Permalink Ring a ring o’ roses. Source : Children’s book illustrations / Nursery rhymes — R-S
Permalink [The dog and the cat that killed the rat.]
Permalink Image Title :  [Man, woman, and a horse after the horse has fallen.] Published Date : 190-? Specific Material Type : Prints Item Physical Description : 1 print : col. ; 11 x 12 cm. (4 1/4 x 4 3/4 in.) Original Source : From Picture book no. 3, (illustrated nursery rhymes). Frederic Warne, 190-?) Caldecott, Randolph (1846-1886), Author.
Permalink Image ID: 1698859 [Forlorn maiden milking the cow.]
Permalink Image ID: 1701266 Peter, Peter, pumpkin-eater. (Happy Autumn; October Breezes, and Pumpkin Carving!)
Permalink Image ID: 1699258 [The Queen was in the parlour, eating bread and honey.]  [Sing a song for sixpence.]