Old magazine raincoat clothing advert from Victorian times (1880) - pre advertising standards. Old clothing advertising, early raincoats, keeping dry
Believed to be out of copyright but if you wish to use for some commercial / advertising purpose then you should do due diligence and research the brand image & possible date of artists death. - I think this pic is probably best viewed as to be used in an intermediate process rather than as presented, though could be. Let me explain my - Original pages are unevenly foxed (yellowed stained) and so have had colour channels desaturated, and the levels pushed to get a semblance of lightness, but patina/texture of paper pulp grains are just visible in off-white areas, and there may be faintest traces of print-through. However, the ugliest of stains & foxing are removed, but stray ink dots may exist. I have left the 'column rulers' in place to provide physical context if this image was being used as a historical newsprint example, but you can remove the rulers or rearrange in a more suitable format. I have cleared the gutters beyond the rulers of stray bits of lettering which came into view and distracted from the core subject - the advert, - This provides 3 user options: - (1) Use image with a yellow-orange tint to make a more controlled 'faux' old page, using levels to introduce more of behind the scenes print-through if desired. (Option 2) Flood fill outer area with 100% white, but keep pulp patina in leaf/flower area to give separation from pure white outer area. (Option 3) Turn into a full 2-colour HC B&W stencil-like image tweaking white/black threshold levels.
Size: 5223px × 6123px
Location: uk
Photo credit: © Marcus Harrison - adverts / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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