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bits and pieces of antique French handwriting / calligraphy, letters, documents and ephemera from the 19th Century, isolated over a white  background, cut out retro journaling or collage design elements
Mixed Media on Paper
Old vintage manuscript writing in cursive
Vintage handwriting on old paper, 1880s, 19th Century
Macro Photograph of the Declaration of Independence
This image features two blank pages of an old, vintage book or manuscript. The pages show signs of aging, with a slight imprint of faded ink bleeding through from the opposite side. The texture is rough and worn, giving the image an authentic antique feel. The center binding is visible, highlighting the book's traditional stitching. Perfect for themes related to history, literature, antiquities, and vintage paper textures
Collage ideas 19th century on abstract background
Old postcards with handwritten text
A handwritten bill from 1970 detailing the servicing and repairs to a British Vauxhall Victor 101 car, totalling £8.18s.9d. (Identifying details removed.)
One of the longest and most elaborate surviving graffiti texts from the town, and may be the only known love poem from one woman to another from the Latin world.\nScratched into the wall of the hallway of house six (b) of insula nine, in region nine of the town\n\nPOEM : O utinam liceat collo complexa tenere\u2028braciola et teneris oscula ferre label(l)is\u2028i nunc, ventis tua gaudia, pupula, crede\u2028crede mihi levis est natura virorum\u2028saepe ego cu(m) media vigilare(m) perdita nocte\u2028haec mecum medita(n)s: multos Fortuna quos supstulit alte,\u2028hos modo proiectos subito praecipitesque premit.\u2028sic Venus ut subito coiunxit corpora amantum\u2028dividit lux et se...\nTranslation : Oh, if only I could hold your little arms wrapped around my neck\u2028and press kisses to your tender little lips.\u2028Go then, little doll, trust your happiness to the winds.\u2028Believe me, the nature of men[c] is fickle.\u2028Often I would lie awake, lost in the middle of the night,\u2028Thinking to myself: many whom Fortune has lifted up high,\u2028those, suddenly hurled away/abandoned and falling headlong, she then oppresses.\u2028So too, after Venus has unexpectedly joined the bodies of lovers,\u2028daylight divides them and...\nPhoto composition
old letter with handwritten text from ca. 1889. grunge vintage paper background
Old vintage handwriting, original, 1825, name, William Wigson, 19th Century ephemera
Macro Photograph of the John Hancock Signature
Photograph of the bottom  of the Declaration of Independence centered on the most famous signature in American history
Manuscript, drawings, inscriptions by Leonardo Da Vinci in the old book The Codice Sul Volo, by E. Rouveyre , 1893
A receipt for a domestic coal delivery of ‘3 bags of house coal’ costing six shillings (£0.6s.0d), dated 1935. (All identifying details removed.)
Handwritten text in three directions with a fountain pen and three colors of ink: blue, black and yellow
Handscript \
Used paper texture with unreadable text. Stained paper sheet
Close-up of some of the  signatures on the Declaration of Independence.
Old handwritten letter
Vintage Victorian bookplate, title, Atlas of Ancient Geography 19th Century
Manuscript, drawings, inscriptions by Leonardo Da Vinci in the old book The Codice Sul Volo, by E. Rouveyre , 1940
An old Victorian document dated 1878 containing instructions on how to make claret jelly.
Burnt sheet page on a white background. Vintage burned paper edges heart background
Copy of the USA Declaration of Independence written in antique script. Close up view of portion of the signature page.  Great background for patriotic themes.
Close-up of an old handwritten manuscript with elegant cursive script on aged paper.
Old fashioned handwriting
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