Public Domain Image DVD – Cecil Aldin Illustrations

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This fabulous DVD is crammed full of 260 great quality full-colour Cecil Aldin pictures in jpeg format that can be used for practically anything you want to!

All of the images on this disc are out of copyright and in the public domain in the UK, US and all countries that follow the same copyright rules, and therefore can be used as many times as you like without paying any royalties or commissions to anyone!

Wow!  That could mean a whole new business for you with very little outlay – just think of the possibilities!

The pictures are all fully named with the artist name and dates, publication it’s taken from with date as well as the name of the picture/description, eg.

Aldin, Cecil (1870-1935) – A Dog Day 1902 – Listening

All but 3 of the images are over 1000px high, with the largest being 3528 x 2436. The images were scanned at 300 dpi.

Cecil Aldin (1870-1935) was a British artist and illustrator, best known for his paintings and sketches of animals (especially dogs), sports and rural life.

He had his first drawings published in The Building News in 1890 and his work began to appear in many popular journals and magazines. The birth of his son and daughter inspired his nursery pictures which together with his large sets of the Fallowfield Hunt, Bluemarket Races, Harefield Harriers and Cottesbrook Hunt prints brought him much popularity. This was enhanced by his ever expanding book and magazine illustrative work. An exhibition in Paris in 1909 was received with much acclaim and extended his fame to a wider audience. Aldin moved to the Henley area as his interest in hunting, horses and dogs increased and in 1910 he became Master of the South Berkshire Hunt as well as being associated with other local packs. 

Sadly he lost his son, Dudley at Vimy Ridge in 1917, which affected him deeply for many years and had a profound effect of his style of work. After the war Aldin spent much of his time organising pony and dog shows particularly in Exmoor where he followed the Devon and Somerset Staghounds.

In 1930 Cecil Aldin had to go and live in a warmer climate due to serious attacks of arthritis but he continued to paint and etch, producing some of his best work. He died in London of a heart attack in January 1935 on a short trip back home.

The disc also includes a comprehensive article about the copyright rules in both the UK and the US and how they affect each other.  Not only will you be able to understand the rules that put these pictures into the public domain, but it will also arm you with the knowledge so that you can decide if other pictures can be freely used in the same way.

Just think what you could create with these images …….

Motifs, pyramage, decoupage and backgrounds for card-making and scrapbooking

Designers out there, why use all your precious time working on your own designs to sell on other sites when you can create products using the images on this disc?  

Add borders to make motifs, cut out the pictures on your graphics programme to make pyramage and decoupage or repeat the image over a sheet to make backgrounds.  

Prints and postcards

It’s so easy to take any image and resize it as necessary to create prints, postcards and more.  Just working from home you can print the images onto good quality paper, card or photo paper for re-sale on EBay, websites or on a market stall or fundraising event.

Pop the completed print into a film-fronted bag together with a piece of card to support it and you’re done. Instant product at very little cost.

Or why not buy some cheap mounts to put your prints into which add so much value to your finished product for very little additional cost. 

Notelets, tags and bookmarks

Make notelets, complete greetings cards, tags and bookmarks using the images on this disc.  Designers can use these images on items for re-sale or make the items and print them yourself for sale on websites, EBay or at fundraising events.  Packs of mixed notelets/greetings cards using different designs from the same range look fabulous and sell really well.

Calendars, notebooks, stationery and place-mats

Produce your own calendars, notebooks, stationery and even place-mats simply yourself at home – or go into bigger production and get a printer to do it for you.  There is no limit to the amount of times these images can be reproduced.

T-shirts, mugs, key-rings, jigsaws, fridge magnets, mouse-mats and more

So many small businesses can make the most of images on this disc.  Why not use this opportunity to get your own business started producing t-shirts, mugs, key-rings, fridge-magnets, mouse-mats and other promotional goods.

Illustrations on this disc are from the following books:-

A Dog Day 1902 (28 images)
A Dozen Dogs or So 1928 (13 images)
A Gay Dog 1905 (24 images)
Black Beauty 1916 (18 images)
Cecil Aldin’s Merry Party 1913 (28 images)
Christmas Day 1910 (6 images)
Jorrocks on ‘unting 1901 (3 images)
Mac 1912 (25 images)
My Dog 1913 (6 images)
Old Inns 1921 (15 images)
Old Manor Houses 1920 (12 images)
Right Royal 1922 (4 images)
Roads and Vagabonds 1900 (2 images)
The Bobtail Puppy Book 1914 (9 images)
The Merry Puppy Book 1913 (10 images)
The Mongrel Puppy Book 1912 (11 images)
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club 1911 (13 images)
The Romance of the Road 1933 (10 images)
The White Puppy 1909 (9 images)
White Ear and Peter 1912 (15 images) 

Suitable for PC/MAC.

Please note that the software box shown above is for illustrative purposes only – the DVD is printed, supplied in a plastic wallet and sent in a sturdy cardboard disc mailer. 

This compilation © Public Domain Image Library.  You can use the images on this disc to make into other products for sale including, but not limited to, all the uses outlined above.  You may not reproduce this DVD as a whole or in part to be sold as raw images on another disc or website or in any way that might be considered competition to ourselves.