Here is an encyclopedia clipping on the nightingale bird. The bird is described as: being a small bird of the thrush family, plain in appearance and shy in habits, but having a song of the sweetest quality, often heard at night… The nightingale is a bird of Western and Central Europe. It is about six…
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Vintage Christmas Bird Postcard
This lovely vintage bird Christmas bird postcard features an illustration of five singing birds perched together on a small blossoming tree branch. The birds are framed all around with branches of holly and berries on an ivory-colored background. A small greeting of Merry Xmas is included in the lower right corner amongst the branches. Although…
Birds and Swirls Specimen of Flourishing
Here is a beautiful vintage specimen of flourishing. The illustration includes two birds, a butterfly, and plenty of intricate, elegant swirls. The description for the plate from the book is: “Plate VIII is an original off-hand specimen of flourishing, the curves, proportion and shades in which should be carefully observed.” The lovely pen work was…
Bird Aviary Vintage Illustration
This vintage illustration of a bird aviary is titled (the) Highest Type of Indoor Aviary. The merriam-webster.com dictionary defines an aviary as: a place (as a large cage or a building) where birds are kept. The bird aviary illustration features a large enclosed room with plenty of trees and shrubbery on all sides, and a…
Song Sparrows in Spring Vintage Bird Clip Art
Here are two beautiful vintage illustrations of song sparrows in spring. The first illustration, by Edmund J. Sawyer, features a sweet singing song sparrow perched on a thin tree branch that is blooming in pussy willows. Here is a cleaner, black and white clip art version of the song sparrow on the tree branch. The…
The Birds Christmas Tree Vintage Postcard
This vintage postcard titled The Birds Christmas Tree features an illustration of a few birds, including a blue jay, perched on a small Christmas tree directly outside a house window. Several more birds are enjoying bird food set out for them on the wooden platform supporting the birds Christmas tree. Two children, a boy and…
Northern Raven Vintage Bird Illustration
Here is a vintage illustration of a Northern Raven. The raven is perched on a tree branch overlooking a snowy woodland scene. The feathers of this beautiful bird are a rich black color with shades of deep burgundy and bits of olive green interspersed throughout. The illustration, by R. Bruce Horsfall, is signed and dated…
Birds Perched on Leafy Branch
Here is a vintage clip art illustration of five beautiful red and yellow birds perched on a leafy tree branch. The birds are: summer tanagers and hepatic tanagers. The illustration is by Louis Aggasiz Fuertes. I scanned the original image from the March – April 1918 issue of a magazine titled Bird-Lore. New in my…
European Wren Clip Art
This vintage illustration features an adorable European Wren perched on the side of its nest that is built on a tree branch. Here is a black and white clip art version of the bird. I scanned the original image from a book in my collection titled The Animal Kingdom Illustrated by S. G. Goodrich. The…
Orchard Oriole Vintage Book Plate
This vintage book plate features an illustration of two beautiful Orchard Oriole birds perched on a tree branch. The dark-colored bird is a male and the light-colored bird is a female. The Orchard Oriole grows to seven inches in length. I scanned the original book plate from Birdcraft by Mabel Osgood Wright. The artist of…
Vintage Birds Christmas Postcard
This vintage Christmas postcard features an illustration of five blue birds perched on a dark pink ribbon that connects two green Christmas wreaths. Another blue bird is flying below the illustration and toward the message on the lower portion of the card. The message reads: Christmas GreetingsWe wish you the bestThat this season can give,And…
Free Vintage Clip Art Screech Owl
Here is a vintage clip art illustration of a wonderfully wise-looking screech owl perched on a tree branch. I scanned the original book plate from Birdcraft by Mabel Osgood Wright. The book was published in 1897. Click on image to enlarge.
