Here is a vintage advertisement for Lavender Salts manufactured by the Crown Perfumery Co. The ad includes an illustration of the beautiful bottle of lavender salts with a crown shaped lid. The ad is from a back page of Mrs. Beeton’s Household Management, circa 1888. Here is a black and white clip art version of…
1880s
Victorian Baby Bassinet
Here is a lovely clip art illustration of a Victorian baby’s bassinet. It is referred to as a berceaunette in the book I scanned it from. The image is from Mrs. Beeton’s Book of Household Management, circa 1888. Click on image to enlarge.
Victorian Etiquette New Year’s Calls
Here is a two-page article on the etiquette of New Year’s Calls. It was the Victorian era and the rules for social etiquette were much different than they are today. I first planned only to scan the decorative illustration from the first page but I thought some of you may enjoy reading (or working with)…
Concert to the Dolls
“Then the children gave a concert to the dolls, who were to be the company, while Bertha and Mary sang to them; Fido joining in the concert by howls, which, if they were not very musical, were at least expressive. They sang “Bo-peep” in parts, Bertha being the first voice, Mary the second, and Fido…
Dressing the Dolls
This adorable vintage engraving, by Oscar Pletsch, features two little girls dressing their dolls. The illustration is from Little Folks and Little Friends by Oscar Pletsch, circa 1880. Click on image to enlarge.
Victorian Ladies’ Visiting Toilette
It has been a long day – at the hospital. To make a long story short, I fell on a patch of ice and broke my left shoulder. My left arm is in a sling and will be for six weeks. I have a few graphics prepared in advance and I will continue the blog…
Playing Dollies ~ Free Vintage Clip Art
“The dolls had been having their afternoon nap, but they were awake now, and Bertha said she heard them crying; so the little girls left off playing “Hide and Seek,” and went back to the nursery. Here Mary taught her doll to walk, leading her by the hand, and pretending they were out in the…
Bertha and Mary Shopping ~ Free Vintage Clip Art
“Bertha said that she would keep shop, and Mary should come and buy of her. So she put her little scales upon a chair, and a basket of vegetables and apples by her side, and made a very good shopkeeper. Little Mary put on nurse’s bonnet, which was nearly as big as herself, and came…
Victorian Ladies’ Coat Polonaise ~ Free Clip Art
This vintage image includes a side-front view and side-back view of a beautiful Victorian ladies’ outfit that is referred to (in the magazine I scanned it from) as a coat polonaise. The illustration is from the October 1889 issue of The Delineator magazine. Here is a black and white clip art version. Click on images to enlarge.
Girls Washing Doll Clothes ~ Free Vintage Clip Art
This adorable vintage engraving, by Oscar Pletsch, features two little girls washing doll clothes in a big old wooden tub. The illustration is from Little Folks and Little Friends by Oscar Pletsch, circa 1880. Click on image to enlarge.
Vintage Graveyard Scene ~ Free Clip Art
Here is a dark and spooky graveyard scene. There are graves with tombstones in the foreground and silhouettes of Victorian men and horse drawn carriages in the background; heading toward what I assume is a mausoleum. This vintage illustration is from Hill’s Manual of Social and Business Forms, by Thos. E. Hill, 1886. Click on image to…
Victorian Ladies’ Toilette ~ Free Clip Art
Here is a lovely illustration of a Victorian lady wearing an elegant hat and modelling a beautiful Ladies’ Toilette, an outfit designed from two pattern pieces: a Ladies’ Coat Polonaise and a Ladies’ Skirt. The lady is standing at the bottom of a set of stairs, with her right hand behind her back and her…
