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Vintage character portrait prints from Quirky Prints

There is nothing more fascinating than poring over old vintage character portrait prints of characters from years gone by. No matter that we do not know who they are, or that they have no connection to us! This vintage character portrait art shows people going about their daily lives – as well as doing some quite bizarre things at times – continue to intrigue and delight us. They are moments frozen in time - photographic prints with their own unique story to tell. Vintage character portrait art has as much meaning and resonance with us today, as they had for those involved in creating the vintage photograph all those years ago.

Recognising the interest that many of us have in such images, Quirky Prints set about creating a category on its website dedicated to – you have guessed it – CHARACTERS!

The Quirky Prints team visited hundreds of antique shops, collectors’ fairs, vintage photograph dealers and specialists around the country. There – after much hunting – they found old sepia and black and white photographic prints from times long past and put together an entertaining and fascinating archive of vintage character portrait prints for their customers. The resulting collection comprises of thousands of hand-picked vintage photographs, as well as vintage character portrait art there are others including landscapes, people, shops and transport from years ago.

Within the CHARACTER category on their website, Quirky Prints offers a selection of these unique vintage photographs. There are studies of women in traditional dress of the period, young men in their cloth caps and suits, fishermen with their sea weathered faces and arresting studies of ‘prim and proper’ ladies! And what about those ‘bizarre’ images we mentioned? Gentlemen seated on giant cats and ladies posing on top of crocodiles are there to be seen – certainly a different way to pass the time of day it has to be said!

These old, forgotten, but delightful black and white vintage photographs, make stunning framed photographic prints. They each become unique artworks, which can be hung in our homes, or bought as original and imaginative gifts for friends.

The original vintage character portrait prints are all reproduced on finest quality, heavyweight art paper, to preserve all the fine detail and quality of the image. They are then enlarged and presented in contemporary metal frames, which have been carefully chosen both to improve the images and to complement any style of home decor.

For anyone uninspired and bored with the same prints offered for sale in the high street – those thousands of similar photographic prints that appear in thousands of homes across the UK - Quirky Prints offers something new, some different - Something Quirky in fact!

Besides vintage character portrait prints, There are many other categories to choose from on the Quirky Prints website – from Agriculture to World War II – with literally thousands of images taken from original vintage photographs. Each of the old black and white photographs has been carefully restored to remove any damage and deterioration, but preserve the originality of the image. Others have been painstakingly hand coloured or had their original colours restored.

The result is a remarkable visual time capsule of years gone by and within the collection of vintage character portrait prints on the Quirky Prints website, we are able to share some time with characters from times long past.