For Kelli’s Show-and-Tell this week, I thought I would show you some of my unframed prints from various places.
This is a duck print on real papyrus from Egypt. I had purchased it years ago at an Egyptian exhibition years ago and had thought I lost it. I found it while I was going through a pile of papers recently:
I love black and white art renderings of buildings or things antique. This print on hard card stock, purchased in Florence, depicts Ponte Vecchio of Florence, Italy. The bridge has been in existence since Medieval times, spared by the Germans in WWII:
This print used to have a frame. I ended up using the frame for someone’s wedding, and just gave the whole frame away. This print shows a historic home called “Farmington” in Louisville, Kentucky. It was purportedly designed by Thomas Jefferson since the original owners knew Jefferson from Virginia:
These animal prints were produced by a missionary/wildlife artist who ministered in Africa for over twenty years that we had known personally:
Some Colonial Williamsburg landmark prints:
Facsimile prints of music sheets that are in the collection of Colonial Williamsburg, giving us a glimpse of the gaiety in the Olde Dominion:
This is a gift brought back from Israel showing the joyful celebration of the Law:
This is also a gift brought back from Germany. Shown is just a very small snippet of a LONG print. It has a vellum overlay showing the different parts of Burghausen Castle in Germany. Very COOL:
I really need to get these framed, but custom framing is never a small expense. I have promised myself I won’t buy any more prints until I get all these frame unless… well, it’s a gift (I cannot possibly turn down gifts, can I?) or if I come across something I just don’t think I can live without. 
I just wonder if any of my bloggy friends out there have this “almost there, but not quite syndrome” when it comes to prints and paintings.
Thanks for joining me for my show and tell today. I hope you have a wonderful weekend!
You have some beautiful things but I think my favorite were the animal prints. So sweet and simple. Blessings, marlene
They are all very nice, but I love this Jefferson painting, that’s really special and the papyrus I like too. I visited a manufactory of papyrus in Egypt, it’s a very interesting procedure.
Your prints are so beautiful. Like the first poster, I especially like the animals. I looked through your blog and website and your quilts are stunning. I love quilts but have never enjoyed the quilting process. I do, however, appreciate the work and artistry that goes into them. Thanks for sharing.
What a neat collection! I especially like the one on papyrus and the ones from your missionary friend. I do have some unframed prints tucked away, too, but most of them are in a color scheme which I don’t have in any room of my house (blush!) I thought I might some day — and may still.
You asked about my cross stitch piece — I finished it this week and showed it today. You are so right about custom framing!! Thankfully coupons for it come around frequently, but even still it is a lot.
I love the wildlife pictures..they are amazing.
Yes, yes….I too hope you can get them framed. And to think that you thought you lost the first Egyptian papyrus—the found it. If it were me, I’d have been crying tears of joy with re-discovering it!!
Happy Show n Tell Friday…have a great weekend. Stop by if you can find time!
I love your prints. What a fabulous unique collection.
I think I’d use a coupon from Michael’s or Hobby Lobby and have them done one at a time. The biggest expense is in the frame and mat. I have wanted to do some of Honey Bear’s paintings, they are just in cheap frames, but haven’t yet. I did have a poster framed to hang in my bedroom. The first one really needs to be framed or preserved in some way. You might could do the smaller ones yourself.
Ha! We still have 4 black and white prints that we bought from a street artist in London in 1974 that need framing….
Lovely prints but yes, you must get them framed!!!!
Susan
That’s an amazing collection! I enjoyed looking at them.
Thanks for your concern, I’m well and kicking. Been away. I really enjoyed this post, I have quite a few favourites out of these, but the Colonial landmarks and old music sheets are my top faves. I can relate to that syndrome, tell me about it.
Have you tried playing the music on the music sheet? What does it sound like?