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What I love most about this kind of lettering and illustration, is that it’s nearly impossible, even for a trained eye, to guess when it was made. This is a wood engraving print from 1873, but it could easily be offset lithography from 1953 or a pen sketch from 2010. Trade Union Banner, State Library Victoria (via diskurs, standardgrey, artsandcrafts, laureola)

What I love most about this kind of lettering and illustration, is that it’s nearly impossible, even for a trained eye, to guess when it was made. This is a wood engraving print from 1873, but it could easily be offset lithography from 1953 or a pen sketch from 2010.

Trade Union Banner, State Library Victoria (via diskurs, standardgrey, artsandcrafts, laureola)

Source: slv.vic.gov.au

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