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.
B is for Bear
Vintage Letter Q Image
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What’s not to love about rows and rows of chubby bunnies? Vintage 3-color book cover featuring fat little bunnies.
Fox Terrier Drawing
Vintage Field Vole Drawing
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Charming drawing of mother and daughter sewing together. Dates back to a 1907 book on Hungarian folklore.
Basket Parts
Camera with Tripod
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Vintage black and gold endpaper and background image from the 1890s. Delicate flowers and leaves are repeated on a black linen paper.
Green Leaf Endpaper
Vintage Green Floral Endpaper
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Traditional stencil drawing of an Indian peacock. Completed in red, black and shades of gray.
Wilson’s Phalarope
Vintage Rooster Drawing
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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.
Peacock Feather Bouquet
Peacock Feathers Heading
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An interesting example of a purple martin house. Vintage barrel birdhouse drawing from 1907.
Barn Birdhouse Drawing
Fancy Martin House
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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.
A Merry Christmas Sled
Christmas Poinsettia
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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.
Crown Drawing
Four Lovely Ladies
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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.
Friends Fishing
Creel, Net & Fish
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Pretty purple and blue flowers can be found on this copyright free petraea stapelia drawing from an 1878 book about the flowers of India.
Firecracker Plant Drawing
Plumbago Capensis Illustration
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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 Cabbage Drawing
Dandelion Drawing
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Vintage metal wheelbarrow drawing from 1861. A great black and white illustration to use with your own art and creative projects.
Wooden Wheelbarrow
Garden Marker
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What finer example of the true gifts of nature – children, flowers and the fall harvest! Vintage Thanksgiving Day card by Ellen Clapsaddle.
Easter Landscape
Easter Happiness
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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.
Vintage Scissors Drawing
Square Tool
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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.
Brown Butterfly – Charaxes jasius
Atlas Moth Drawing
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Sweet little, vintage drawing of a sunset over water with seagulls and a sailboat.
Small Mountain Landscape
Winter Bird Landscape
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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!
Basset Horn Drawing
Violin Drawing
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Such a pretty face in this vintage mermaid drawing from 1888. She is busily tending her hair whilst riding the waves of the sea.
Satyr Drawing
Pandora Releases Trouble
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The little dragonfish or short dragonfish grows to a little less than 4 inches. They are also known as dragon sea moths. These fish are found in the tropical waters of the Indian Ocean, parts of the Pacific Ocean, the Red Sea and Indonesia. Doesn’t this little dragonfish drawing look like a creature from someone’s […]
Munster’s Sea Monster
Rosmarus Drawing
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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.
Sleds & Skates
Sailor Boy
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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.
Jack in the Pulpit Drawing
Banana Tree
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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.
School Drawing
Schoolbook Drawing
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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.
Human Skeleton
Caiman Skeleton
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A little girl examines and umbrella in this vintage drawing.
Sneaking Out Into the Rain
Out in the Rain
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Vintage black and white carriage drawing from a wonderful book all about time and timepieces.
Meridian Watch
Chronograph Drawing
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Small vintage drawing of a penny-farthing or high wheel bicycle.
Bicycle Drawing
Small Toy Top Drawing
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Vintage locomotive drawing and advertising image from 1853. Clearly an engraving, this public domain train image would be great as a rubber stamp image.
Bath Chair
Tandem Bike Illustration
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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.
Apple Tree Drawing
Fig Tree Drawing
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Vintage Washington Map from a 1911 encyclopedia. It has the distinction of being the only state named for a former president.
Vintage Virginia Map
Asia Minor
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