This wonderful vintage illustration of a fruiting branch of apple includes three ripe apples and several leaves on a tree branch. The image is from the Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening – A Practical and Scientific Encyclopaedia of Horticulture, edited by George Nicholson, circa 1885. Here is a black and white clip art version. Click on images to enlarge.
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Familiar Flowering Plants ~ Free Vintage Image
This vintage page, titled Familiar Flowering Plants, includes beautiful illustrations and corresponding names of 24 different types of flowers. Numbers 1 to 12 form a list of “Flowers of the Year”, with the month to which each is appropriate. Those twelve flowers are: 1. January – English Snowdrop 2. February – English Primrose 3. March…
Victorian Watch Backs ~ Free Vintage Clip Art
This vintage clipping includes illustrations of four lovely Victorian watch backs. With the top knobs (and base on two of the watch backs) removed, I think these would make beautiful design medallions. The image is from The Art Journal Illustrated Catalogue, published for the proprietors, by George Virtue in London, 1851. Here is a black and white…
Vintage Hydrochloric Acid Label ~ Free Clip Art
Here is a vintage pharmaceutical label for Diluted Hydrochloric Acid that was printed for McAdams & Morford Wholesale Druggists in Lexington, KY. Click on image to enlarge
Victorian Corsets ~ Free Vintage Clip Art
Here are two clip art images of Victorian corsets. Both styles have extra long waists and lacy bottoms. This first corset was available in sizes 18 to 26 inches and cost $1.00 in white or drab or $1.25 in black. The same style with sateen strips was available in white, drab or black at a cost of $1.50….
North and South Polar Regions ~ Free Vintage Image
This antique C. S. Hammond map includes colorful illustrations of the North and South Polar Regions. I scanned this vintage image from a dictionary in my collection that was published in 1906. Click on image to enlarge.
Bat Skeleton ~ Free Vintage Clip Art
Here is a vintage image of a bat skeleton. I thought this might work well for your Halloween projects. The illustration is from Hooker’s Illustrated Natural History by Worthington Hooker, M.D. The book was published in 1864. Here is a black and white clip art version of the bat skeleton. Click on images to enlarge.
Evening Bird Scene ~ Free Vintage Image
This pretty Victorian card includes two colorful birds perched on a crescent moon shape. It’s evening and one bird is sleeping. A full moon in the distant background lights the scene. A tree with fall colored leaves grows beside a cabin at the water’s edge and there appears to be heavy frost or snow on the ground…
Butterflies and Flowers ~ Free Vintage Clip Art
This beautiful three-piece vintage embroidery pattern includes butterflies, flowers and leaves. The original pattern was intended for a shirtwaist, front, collar and cuffs. The magazine article I scanned this illustration from suggests that an excellent effect for this pattern is to have the leaves and petals solid, the center of the flowers eyelet work, and…
Pointer Dogs ~ Free Vintage Illustration
This vintage illustration by Louis Agassiz Fuertes includes two Pointer dogs. The dog in the foreground is white with brown spots and the second dog, in the background, is solid brown. They are on alert, with their tails extended, and appear to be tracking something, by scent, as they walk through a field of brown grass. The image…
Victorian Hand Held Mirror ~ Free Clip Art
Here is a lovely Victorian hand held mirror. I think this mirror would work well in a fairy tale or old fashioned beauty project. I can also imagine it being used as a frame, with a photo placed in the center oval shape, where the actual mirror would be. The engraving is from The Art Journal Illustrated Catalogue, published for…
Yacht Club Salads ~ Free Vintage Clip Art
This wonderfully aged and tattered vintage page of salad illustrations is from the Yacht Club Manual of Salads by Agnes Carroll Hayward. The booklet was published in 1914 to promote Yacht Club food products. Here are cleaner versions of the images of salads from the page.Yacht Club Chicken Salad: Yacht Club Tomato Salad: Yacht Club…
