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Glossy picture scraps with intriguing
motives have fascinated collectors of all
ages since they first appeared around
1860. The following pages present one
of the largest and most well preserved
collections of early printed scraps from
the 19th century to be offered for sale
in Denmark in many years – the Jan
Hansen Scrap Collection.
The almost 2500 scraps in this unique collection
of Danish and European scraps have
been collected through a life time. Many of
the scraps were acquired from the sales of
prominent Danish scrap collections such as
Vibeke Stybe’s and Estrid Faurholt’s collections
(later in the Lego Toy Collection), both
of whom were authors of publications on
scraps and pictorial books of the 19th century.
The material comprises scraps from the
early illustrated broad sheets of the early part
of the 19th century to the glossy pictures
of the late 19th and early 20th century. The
vastness and variety of motives, sizes and
styles give an intriguing and rare insight
into the almost forgotten pictorial world of
the 19th century – from romantic sceneries,
exo tic landscapes, enchanting children and
angels to fairies, elfs and circus clowns.
Early printed scraps
From the beginning of the 19th century, it
was a custom in many European homes to
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- Scraps of the 19th Century
cut out pictures and glue them into albums
making neatly ordered picture books with
pictures of children doing household chores,
soldiers at war and exotic sights etc. At first
the albums were pasted with engravings
(woodcut or copperplate) cut out from illustrated
broad sheets printed in black and
white. With the invention and development
of a new lithographic printing technique
in the first part of the century, the pictures
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