1880s Shorts

Description: Rifle in hand, Annie Oakley stands on Card No. 27 as Little Sure Shot of Buffalo Bill's Wild West show, medals pinned to her fringed leather dress. Horses and riders fill the tent grounds behind her beneath star-spangled banners.

Description: Charged with illegal trick shooting and public endangerment with a rifle, this wanted poster puts Annie Oakley's sharpshooting fame on notice. The $500 reward notice keeps the Old West humor front and center.

Description: A cheerful Victorian swimmer wearing a colorful old-fashioned bathing costume and matching bonnet. Inspired by antique seaside fashion, early women’s swimwear, and nostalgic beach illustrations, this vintage-style design is perfect for swimmers, history lovers, retro fashion fans, and collectors of unusual coastal art.

Description: William Bonney squares off with a rifle in this 1958-style outlaw trading card, set against a dusty western town backdrop. The sepia tone and worn edges nod to old wanted-notice collectibles, numbered Card 4 in the Outlaw series.

Description: A strapping Victorian stud muffin with a moustache and wearing a striped bathing costume. He carries a wooden swim board.

Description: In September 1888, Vincent van Gogh, armed with brushes and a flair for drama, created a post-impressionist masterpiece in Arles, France. The bold oil painting captures Belgian painter Eugène Boch, whom Van Gogh fondly imagined as “The Poet,” perhaps because “The Guy Who Sits Really Still” didn’t have the same artistic ring to it.

Description: White Owl 1887

Description: A vibrant 1887 Post-Impressionist oil painting by Dutch master Vincent van Gogh depicting Julien Tanguy, a beloved Paris art supply dealer and patron to avant-garde artists. The portrait heavily showcases Van Gogh's fascination with Japonism, featuring a background densely lined with colorful Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock prints that contrast with Tanguy's calm, contemplative posture.

Description: 1886 Impressionist oil painting titled The Garden (or Le Jardin) by Australian artist John Russell, depicting a blossoming fruit tree in Longpré-les-Corps-Saints, France

Description: An original late-19th-century Victorian trade card published by the prominent American women's magazine Godey's Lady's Book around 1885. The detailed black-and-white lithograph engraving, titled "Sleeping Love," features Cupid resting peacefully on a grassy knoll with his signature bow resting at his side. This piece was originally distributed as an promotional advertisement promising a beautiful premium steel engraving to every paying subscriber of the magazine.

Description: Toujours prêt pour l’action is French for always ready for action, and this guy certainly has been for some time now… since 1889 to be exact.

Description: Edison Phonographs and Records 1888

Description: This 1885 oil-on-canvas domestic scene by British artist George Dunlop Leslie shows two young women in Regency-style dresses inside a paneled drawing room, engaging in the Victorian tradition of floriography, where flowers are used to send hidden messages.

Description: a renowned 1889 Danish social realist masterpiece titled Udslidt (Worn Out) by Hans Andersen Brendekilde. It serves as a powerful commentary on rural poverty and the harsh realities of the 19th-century working class.

Description: A late 19th-century Victorian trade card featuring a romanticized historical scene of a woman pouring a drink for a seated gentleman next to a plate of biscuits, advertising Huntley & Palmers Biscuits.

Description: Vintage-style of Valley City, North Dakota, featuring a scenic river valley with multiple bridges and rolling hills, nostalgic 1880s charm.

Description: This lathe allowed for greater precision while making round objects.

Description: In this design, I made a watercolor illustration based on an 1880's girl's illustration. Perfect design for historians and history buffs!

Description: OFFTERDINGER, Carl. Rotkappchen, from Mein erstes Märchenbuch, Verlag Wilh. Effenberger, Stuttgart, c. 1880s

Description: From an original engraving Punch Almanac of 1888 July to December. Drunk Musician mistaking a doorstep for an Organ keyboard attempting to play Bach's fugue in E Minor Please note there may be some age related marks from the original which will show also on any print ordered. This is inevitable with prints of this age & actually lends an authentic look to the print in my opinion.

Description: From an original engraving published 1881 Please note with regard to scanned antique prints there may be some age related marks or faults from the originals which will show also on any print ordered. This is inevitable with prints of this age & actually lends an authentic look to the prints. Please refer to the actual image on sale. If you are interested in purchasing the original engraving or print that may be possible if I still have it, please send me a private message to check.

Description: Wonderful day punting along the river Cam. Photo Manipulation Digital Art © El Diputado, 2025

Description: CHOUBRAC, Alfred. Esclarmonde, Opéra Romanesque en 4 actes de Jules Massenet, 1889 Massenet opera based on the medieval chivalric tale Parthénopéus de Blois, written in the middle of the 12th century by Denis Pyramus.

Description: Vintage Albany Senators New York 1885 baseball mascot featuring a classic senator character.