Here is a beautiful vintage engraving of a trotting harness horse. The image is from Cassell’s Household Guide Volume II, circa 1869. Click on image to enlarge.
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On The Wall Top 1 ~ Free Kate Greenaway Image
ON THE WALL TOP. DANCING and prancing to town we go, On the top of the wall of the town we go. Shall we talk to the stars, or talk to the moon, Or run along home to our dinner so soon? This vintage storybook image and poem, On The Wall Top (spelling and grammar as it…
Bones Dictionary Page and Clip Art ~ Free Graphics
This vintage dictionary page includes definitions for words such as: bone, boning, bonito and bonnet. Also included on the page is wonderful diagram of the bones in the human body. The page is from a dictionary in my collection that was published in 1906. Here is a clip art version of the skeletal image from…
Victorian Bisque Figures ~ Free Clip Art
This vintage clip art image features lovely bisque figures of a young Victorian lady and gentleman. The ornaments were 11 1/2″ high, had gold decorations and cost $2.25 for the pair. The image is from the 1897-8 H. O’neill & Co. catalogue. Click on image to enlarge.
Flowering Almond ~ Free Vintage Image
Here is a vintage image of gorgeous pink blossoms and pretty green leaves. They grow on a densely branched shrub or small tree commonly known as a flowering almond. The scientific name of the shrub or tree is Prunus Triloba. The image is from the Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening – A Practical and Scientific Encyclopaedia of Horticulture, edited by George…
Cornucopia of Flowers ~ Free Vintage Clip Art
Here is a unique and lovely vintage clip art image of a horn of plenty. The horn is filled with wheat, leaves, grapes and berries. Although I don’t see any flowers in the horn, the image is referred to as a Cornucopia of Flowers in the book I scanned it from. The illustration is from Cassell’s Household…
Victorian Ladies’ Hats ~ Free Clip Art
Here are two clip art images of elaborate Victorian ladies’ hats. The description for the first hat is “Misses’ Fancy Straw Hat, with fluted brim, all colors, trimmings of Roman striped ribbon and large field daisies.” In 1898 the cost of this hat was $4.48. The description for the second hat is “Fancy Straw Brim,…
Victorian Flower Girl ~ Free Vintage Postcard Image
This lovely vintage postcard image features a Victorian girl in a white dress and yellow straw hat. She is spilling a basket of beautiful flowers as she walks along a path of grass. Perhaps she is a flower girl at a wedding. The message on the bottom of the card is: To the One I…
Rooster and Hen ~ Free Vintage Clip Art
Here is a great vintage clip art image of a rooster and hen. They are Barred Plymouth Rocks. The illustration is from a dictionary in my collection that was published in 1906. Click on image to enlarge.
Victorian Plant Stand ~ Free Clip Art
Here is a beautifully designed Victorian plant stand (referred to as a flower stand in the book I scanned it from). The engraving is from The Art Journal Illustrated Catalogue, published for the proprietors, by George Virtue in London, 1851. Click on image to enlarge.
French Seed Label ~ Free Vintage Image
Here is a vintage French seed label that features a lovely illustration of white, purple and pink flowers. I did an online translation of the text on the label, Belle de Jour Ordinaire, and came up with beautiful ordinary day. I’m not great at identifying flowers and that translation doesn’t help much. All I know for…
Ornamental Alphabets
Here are two pages of beautiful and elegant Victorian ornamental alphabets. All of the letters of our modern alphabet are included on the page titled New Ornamental Capitals but the “J” and “Z” are not included on the page titled Ornamental Initial Letters. The pages are from Hill’s Manual of Social and Business Forms, by Thos. E. Hill, 1886. Click…
