A dramatic drop cap in this wild monkey w image. Almost as tall as a page and complete with a jungle background and charming monkey climbing the W.

What’s not to love about rows and rows of chubby bunnies? Vintage 3-color book cover featuring fat little bunnies.

Charming drawing of mother and daughter sewing together. Dates back to a 1907 book on Hungarian folklore.

Vintage black and gold endpaper and background image from the 1890s. Delicate flowers and leaves are repeated on a black linen paper.

Vintage Wilson’s phalarope nest drawing from 1882. Public domain bird drawing featuring a bird and his nest with 4 eggs.

Sketch of a man with fruit on his head and a tropical flower growing from his chin. A bit architectural, a bit vintage page spacer, with a great big smirk.

An interesting example of a purple martin house. Vintage barrel birdhouse drawing from 1907.

Waiting for Santa. A sweet vintage Clapsaddle postcard with two little ones desperately trying to catch Santa. One’s already asleep the other is yawning.

Evening dress in 1881 featuring a bodice and jacket pattern from a fashion magazine. The idea of sewing something like this makes me absolutely cringe.

A charming little, black and white drawing of a trio of kids fishing. The fishing pole is three times the size of the children. So fun.

Full color, crape myrtle botanical print with a branch of beautiful pink flowers. They’re one of the prettiest flowering trees in our garden.

Full-page and full-color vintage pink plume celery drawing. A pretty celery plant with a bit of pink shading. Looks pretty in the garden or on a plate.

Vintage metal wheelbarrow drawing from 1861. A great black and white illustration to use with your own art and creative projects.

Easter landscape with a small white house sits in a valley surrounded by green hills dotted with yellow flowers and decorated with a sprig of pussy willow.

Vintage advertising image from 1867. Universal Wringer clothes washer from when doing laundry meant turning a crank to squeeze the water out of the clothes.

The moth is huge in the real world and so is this vintage atlas moth illustration by Jean Charles Chenu. Pretty oranges, browns and even a bit of pink.

Sweet little, vintage drawing of a sunset over water with seagulls and a sailboat.

I love the sound of the bassoon. And hopefully, you’ll love the public domain bassoon drawing I have to share with you. Wonderfully vintage and PD too!

Such a pretty face in this vintage mermaid drawing from 1888. She is busily tending her hair whilst riding the waves of the sea.

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This fellow is copied from the Bayeux Tapestry. The vintage Norman Armor drawing features the fashion of armor from the time. I like the cartoonish look of it.

It’s showing it’s age a bit, but this upright plant sketch is just so interesting that I knew it needed to be shared with all of you.

Kindergarten. What a fun time for children. They learn so much, while having fun. This schoolroom drawing depicts a bit of everything they get to explore.

Vintage ape skeleton from Brehm’s Life of Animals. 1890 black and white book illustration to show how much the human form matches that of the apes.

A little girl examines and umbrella in this vintage drawing.

Vintage black and white carriage drawing from a wonderful book all about time and timepieces.

Small vintage drawing of a penny-farthing or high wheel bicycle.

Vintage locomotive drawing and advertising image from 1853. Clearly an engraving, this public domain train image would be great as a rubber stamp image.

Lovely, vintage pear tree engraving. Tall and shapely tree, heavily laden with fruit. Fills a page when printed. Free to download and in the public domain.

Vintage Washington Map from a 1911 encyclopedia. It has the distinction of being the only state named for a former president.