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Cover and Text from "The Pencil of Nature," London, 1844
William Henry Fox Talbot
Paper cover and unbound pages of text (approximately 12,000 words) without illustrations · 1844
Art Institute of Chicago
Bandbox
Hannah Davis
wallcoverings, bandbox — block-printed paper, wood support · 1843
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Hamlet — Laertes in Ophelia's Grave, title page and table of contents from Hamlet
Eugene Delacroix
Bi-fold cover on blue wove paper with two white wove insert sheets · 1843
Art Institute of Chicago
Bandbox
Hannah Davis
wallcoverings, bandbox — block-printed paper, wood support · 1840
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Magdalene Portable Font
Minton and Company, British
ceramics, decorative arts, portable font and cover — glazed earthenware · 1840
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Pineapple
Hannah Davis
wallcoverings, bandbox — block-printed paper on wood support; lined with newsprint · 1840
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Border
Josephine Howell
wallcoverings, border — block printed on machine-made paper · 1840
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Scenic Panel from 'Scènes Siciliennes'
Zuber & Cie, Rixheim, Alsace, France, founded 1797
wallcoverings, scenic panel — block printed paper, canvas mount · 1840
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Die Moritat (The Murderer's Deed)
Frau Sattler
wallcoverings, overdoor — block-printed on handmade paper · 1840
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Towel cover
Lise Weber
embroidery & stitching, towel cover — medium: cotton on linen technique: embroidered · 1840
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Sidewall
Constantin Prinz zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg
wallcoverings, sidewall — block-printed paper · 1840
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Towel cover
Maria Schultz
embroidery & stitching, towel cover — medium: cotton (?) on linen technique: embroidered · 1838
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Scenic Panel from 'Les Course de Chevaux'
Zuber & Cie, Rixheim, Alsace, France, founded 1797
wallcoverings, scenic panel — block printed paper, canvas mount · 1837
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Bandbox
John Perkins
wallcoverings, bandbox — block-printed paper, pasteboard support · 1835
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Sidewall
Cole and Son, Ltd.
wallcoverings, sidewall — block-printed · 1835
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Sidewall
Cole and Son, Ltd.
wallcoverings, sidewall — block-printed on paper · 1835
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Far o'er the Deep Blue Sea
Alfred Jacob Miller
lithograph on paper (sheet music cover) · 1834
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Portfolio Cover, for Six Marines
Eugène Isabey
Bi-fold portfolio cover with lithograph image and text on brown wove paper · 1833
Art Institute of Chicago
Six marines
Eugène Isabey
lithograph, cover for the series · 1833
National Gallery of Art
Portfolio Cover, for Six Marines
Eugène Isabey
Bi-fold portfolio cover with lithograph image and text on brown wove paper · 1833
Art Institute of Chicago
Text and cover, from Illustrations of the Bible
John Martin
Portfolio cover · 1833
Art Institute of Chicago
Sidewall
Zuber & Cie, Rixheim, Alsace, France, founded 1797
wallcoverings, sidewall — wood-block printed on machine-made paper · 1832
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Engine Company No. 13
H. Barnes, USA
wallcoverings, bandbox — block printed on handmade paper, pasteboard support · 1831
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Bandbox
H. Barnes, USA
wallcoverings, bandbox — block-printed on paper, pasteboard support · 1831
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum