Wallpapers at merrycoz.org

A winter girl & some images from works for adults
A pleasant scene & a wall of paper
The alphabet & a celebration of reading
Samuel Goodrich & a joke trompe l'oeil
Trompe l'oeil patriotism & the Civil War
John Dunn Hunter & some photos of children

Merrycoz.org just abhors a naked desktop. In an effort to beautify computers everywhere, I offer wallpapers in several popular sizes -- all made from images available at this site. Enjoy!



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"Cold Weather"
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An over-sized image of a winter-clad charmer from the title page of Parley's Magazine's bound volume for 1838, warmed by some sepia toning


a pleasant scene
A pleasant scene
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A play on the medium
("Chopped up" photo from an image archive)
magazines wallpaper
A paper wallpaper
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Covers & mastheads from 60+ years of periodicals are "de-aged" & pasted into wallpaper. The 800 x 600 version tiles nicely on larger monitors.


alphabet wallpaper
"Antelope to Zebra"
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The alphabet according to "Cousin Sarah's" Stories for Children




About these wallpapers: While this sort of trompe l'oeil painting was produced later in the 19th century, they often included images from earlier that century -- and, besides, they're charming and engaging and hugely fun to fake. (Sizes of the wallpaper images are slightly off; I'm new at this. Frames courtesy Paint Shop Pro 7.)

Goodrich wallpaper
"S. G. Goodrich"
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Samuel Goodrich, with some of his creations


John Dunn Hunter
"John Dunn Hunter"
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John Dunn Hunter & his Memoirs, with images of the Osage River & of mid-Missouri grasses (photographed by the owner of the web site)


e pluribus unum wallpaper
"E Pluribus Unum," by Frederick Thomas Mygatt
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An astonishing pen & ink trompe l'oeil drawn in 1830 by a 19-year-old


These images produced with Paint Shop Pro 7, with Super BladePro.
Wallpapers are copyrighted and are for personal use only.


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