Tag: vintage
Tag Description: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 [...]
Cupid Peeks Antique Valentine Postcard
Free Victorian Valentine’s Day clip art for you crafty romantics! This is a scan from my own collection of antique postcards and I’m happy to share it with you. It reads “To my Valentine”, although I’m always skeptical of cherubs bearing gifts. He’s clutching that arrow like a dagger and that far away gaze of his [...]
Victorian Valentine Scrap Clip Art
Two cherubs casually hanging around with nothing better to do than proclaim a Victorian motto: With fond love to thee. Adapted from an antique Victorian scrapbook image for your clip art crafting pleasure. Enjoy! Just click on the image for the larger source file.
Polar Bear Clip Art from a Vintage Chromolithograph
The Polar Bear, also known as Thalassarctos maritimus, from a Victorian era natural history book illustration. The Northern Lights form a halo above this scene of hopeful carnage as a pair of polar bears wait in anticipation for the expedition team to return to their ice-bound rowboat. Would you like to see more clip art [...]
