Tag: engraving
Tag Description: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 [...]
Sad and Sweet Gothic Cherubs Clip Art Decorative Element
A detailed decorative element for your next clipart adventure. A trio of wistfully sad cherubs that would be at home on a Valentine or funeral card. They seem to long for better days.
The Mona Lisa
The famous mug shot/portrait of Mona Lisa, a.k.a “La Gioconda” or “La Joconde, ” or “Portrait of Lisa Gherardini, wife of Francesco del Giocondo”, by Leonardo da Vinci. Well, not the oil painting, this is a 19th century engraving of the masterpiece as clip art. Go ahead, download the clip art Mona Lisa and have [...]
Antique Count of Monte Cristo Illustrations
A pair of illustrations from my Victorian era edition of The Count of Monte Cristo.
