People
Clip art of people from Victorian and Vintage sources. Ladies, Gentlemen, children, portraits of famous authors and personalities of the 19th century. Royalty free and a great resource for decoupage, collage, and digital scrapbooking projects.
An Old Fan
A woman looks back with sadness upon her youth in this Victorian poem by Ella Wheeler Wilcox from Poems of Pleasure, 1888. Illustrated with a vintage engraving from a 19th century fashion magazine that you can use as royalty-free clip art. An Old Fan It is soiled and quite passé, Broken too, and out of fashion, [...]
Secret Victorian Love Letter Clip Art
Victorian scrapbook image of a woman tucking a secret love letter into the folds of her dress. I’ve restored this image so she is perfectly printable and well suited for decoupage, or add her to your own scrapbook.
Victorian Children Ice Skating
One day, when childhood is but a distant memory, Gertie, Clive, and Elizabeth will remember this scene with tears of sorrow. But for now, we have three naive children enjoying a fun day of ice skating at Farmer Poole’s farm. Enjoy this beautiful Victorian era chromolithograph and make up a winter tale of your own. [...]
Edgar Allan Poe Clip Art Portrait
Vintage engraving of Edgar Allan Poe from a 19th century cyclopedia. In reading the Wikipedia entry on Poe, I learned of this assessment by Aldous Huxley: Aldous Huxley wrote that Poe’s writing “falls into vulgarity” by being “too poetical”—the equivalent of wearing a diamond ring on every finger.[112] To this I say: hey Huxley, just [...]
Victorian Woman Collecting Specimens
A curious image of a Victorian woman with a butterfly net, trying to catch a rare specimen to add to her collection. Good luck! This free clipart image would be suitable for a bridal shower invitation. From a 19th century periodical.
Sad Victorian Boy Longs to be Set Free
The birds! The birds! How they mock him. Suffering from ennui with a side of malaise, all the young Master can do is wish for sunnier days and better circumstances as he pines away indoors. Perhaps you can find a good use for this vintage Victorian engraving, a Gothic bit of clip art as ever [...]
