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Clipart of People Holding Signs – Advertising Vintage Line Art Illustrations
You’re looking at a super useful collection of vintage marketing/advertising design assets discovered within a late 1800s design book. These illustrations were extracted from their original backgrounds and converted to the following image formats: SVG (vector), EPS (vector), and, of course, PNG (300dpi raster image with transparent background).
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Antique Line Art Engraving Illustration – Mineralogy – Crystals – Precious Stones – No.9
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- Resolution: 639px x 850px
Vintage Line Art Mechanical Blueprint of a Car Illustration No.2
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- Resolution: 4418px x 2009px
Line Art Illustration of a Mammal’s Skeleton
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- Resolution: 3094px x 1514px
Vintage Decorative Line Art Illustration – Floral – Border – Frame – Pattern No.198
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- Resolution: 991px x 1000px
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Vintage Decorative Line Art Illustration – Floral – Border – Frame – Pattern No.23
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- Resolution: 1621px x 1637px
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Antique Line Art Illustration of a Decorative Flower Head
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- Resolution: 3396px x 3489px
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Decorative Line Art Illustration of the Christian Religious Cross No.1
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- Resolution: 4799px x 8346px
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Colored Mineralogy Artwork – Gem / Rock / Mineral / Crystal No.22
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- Resolution: 1745px x 1406px
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Small Hand Drawn PNG Line Art Illustration of a Tree No.20
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- Resolution: 1282px x 1898px
Small Hand Drawn PNG Botanical Illustration – Flower / Leaf No.10
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- Resolution: 1373px x 1857px
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Decorative Line Art Illustration – Frame / Border / Outline No.14
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- Resolution: 2116px x 1483px
Botanical Line Art Illustration No.4
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- Resolution: 1868px x 3709px
Human Skull with Cross Bones No.2
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- Resolution: 803px x 771px
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Vintage Paper Texture – No.17
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- Resolution: 4500px x 6365px
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Vintage Paper Texture – No.13
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- Resolution: 4500px x 6365px
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Vintage Paper Texture – No.7
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- Resolution: 4000px x 5658px
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Aged with Beautiful Petina – Antique Handwritten Book Scan No.23
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- Resolution: 9874px x 7836px
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Decorative and Detailed Antique Frame / Border – Perfect for Invitations and Packaging No.33
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- Resolution: 7075px x 9257px
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Decorative Heading Design Adrorned with Intricate Calligraphy Flourishes
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- Resolution: 7814px x 2036px
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Vintage Coloured Moths Print – 1896 Lloyd’s Natural History
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- Resolution: 4064px x 6048px
- Year of Print: 1896
- Artist: Edward Lloyd
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Vintage Coloured Butterflies Print – Lloyd’s Natural History 1896
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- Resolution: 4106px x 6283px
- Year of Print: 1896
- Artist: Edward Lloyd
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Vintage Coloured Print of Butterfly Life Cycle – 1896
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- Resolution: 4021px x 6268px
- Year of Print: 1896
- Artist: Edward Lloyd
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Antique Coloured Butterfly Print – Lloyd’s Natural History 1896
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- Resolution: 4091px x 6242px
- Year of Print: 1896
- Artist: Edward Lloyd
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Vintage Coloured Print of Black Rat – Lloyd’s Natural History 1896
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- Resolution: 6268px x 4150px
- Year of Print: 1896
- Artist: Edward Lloyd
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VINTAGE Decorative Design Elements – Ornamental Banners For Type
The type foundry and print shop of old would create books, like the one this image was discovered within, to help customers and clients with their design choices. Naturally, these books were jam packed with useful illustrative elements that could be combined to create a final piece. Today, these books are extremely difficult to get a hold of. Especially those that were published in the late 1800s. They were not mainstream publications, they simply served as ‘catalogs’ and thus were only produced in small numbers. Fortunately, we were introduced to a collector who had precisely what we had been searching for for so long. After some costly negotiations, we’re very excited to be able to share the wonderful gems within.
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- Resolution: 7901 x 5468
- Year of Print: Late 1800s
- Artist: Schelter & Giesecke Type Foundry
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DECORATIVE Typography and Print Design 1891 Graphic Pattern Exchange
This stunning 19th-century graphic pattern sample was discovered within the ‘Internationaler Graphischer Muster-Austausch des deutschen Buchdrucker-Vereins’ which translates to ‘International graphic pattern exchange of the German book printer association’. Inside was a plethora of gorgeous examples of typography, layout design, printing techniques, and more. A fine display of some of the very best from the print industry of the time and a fantastic source for the modern creator and enthusiast.
The demand for beautifully designed printed material spiked during the latter part of the 19th century and with new technical possibilities, demands became more elaborate. To keep up with the times, the best printing companies in Europe and the United States exchanged their finest creations in an attempt to push the industry to new heights. The technologies that would make a faithful reproduction of originals in print possible were still not invented, or deficient. Therefore, professional stakeholders had to exchange their original works among themselves.
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- Resolution: 7893 x 10265
- Year of Print: 1890
- Artist: Print Association
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GODS and Godesses – Antique 1851 Original Engraving by Johann Heck
You’re looking at a well preserved original plate from Johann Georg Heck’s “Iconographic Encyclopedia of Sciences, Literature and Art” published in 1851 by Rudolphe Garrigue in New York. We were extremely fortunate to acquire the full collection of illustrative prints from the series, which after many months of looking, proved to be very difficult!
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- Resolution: 9383 x 7408 300dpi
- Year of Print: 1851
- Artist: Johann Georg Heck
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BIBLICAL Artwork – 1891 Ser Brunetto by Gustave Dore – Antique Lithograph
You’re looking at a beautifully detailed, lithograph print by Gustave Doré. A French artist, printmaker, illustrator, comics artist, caricaturist, and sculptor who worked primarily with wood-engraving. This particular engraving was sourced from the 1891 ‘Bible Gallery’ book that compiled a collection of Doré’s biblical themed artwork.
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- Resolution: 10773 x 8137 300dpi
- Year of Print: 1891
- Artist: Gustave Dore
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GUSTAVE DORE – Cyrus Restoring the Vessels of the Temple – 1891 Print
You’re looking at a beautifully detailed, lithograph print by Gustave Doré. A French artist, printmaker, illustrator, comics artist, caricaturist, and sculptor who worked primarily with wood-engraving. This particular engraving was sourced from the 1891 ‘Bible Gallery’ book that compiled a collection of Doré’s biblical themed artwork.
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- Resolution: 8087 x 10781 300dpi
- Year of Print: 1891
- Artist: Gustave Dore
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CAIN & ABEL offering their Sacrifices – Biblical Artwork – Gustave Dore
You’re looking at a beautifully detailed, lithograph print by Gustave Doré. A French artist, printmaker, illustrator, comics artist, caricaturist, and sculptor who worked primarily with wood-engraving. This particular engraving was sourced from the 1891 ‘Bible Gallery’ book that compiled a collection of Doré’s biblical themed artwork.
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- Resolution: 8039 x 10829 300dpi
- Year of Print: 1891
- Artist: Gustave Dore
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ITALIAN Renaissance – Decorative Majolica Paintings – 1889 Antique Print
Here we have a wonderful chromolithograph print from Heinrich Dolmetsch’s “Der Ornamentenschatz – Ein Musterbuch stilvoller Ornamente aus allen Kunstepochen”. Published by Stuttgart, Hoffmann. A celebrated collection of ornamental/decorative designs and artwork inspired by various geographical regions and movements of the 16th / 17th and 18th century.
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- Resolution: 7978 x 11812 300dpi
- Year of Print: 1889
- Artist: Heinrich Dolmetsch
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ANTIQUE Botanical Print – Maranta Alba-Lineata Plant Leaf 1868 Lithograph
You’re looking at a beautifully coloured british botanical lithograph print from the ‘Beautiful Leaved Plants’ series by Edward Lowe. These antique illustrations, printed in 1868, have lasted the test of time, and the colours are stunning.
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- Resolution: 4815 x 8569 300dpi
- Year of Print: 1868
- Artist: Edward Joseph Lowe
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Vintage Floral Pattern Background – Botanical Pattern No.3
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ANTIQUE Original Kono Bairei Woodblock Japanese Prints 1881 Cranes
You’re looking at a beautiful piece of Japanese woodblock art from our collection of original 1881 prints by noted artist, Kono Bairei; Created for one of his best-known publications ‘one hundred birds’. Most of the bird species throughout this collection were native to Japan, with a few domesticated and some imported cage birds. Bairei was born and lived in Kyoto. He was apprenticed to the Maruyama printer Nakajima Raiso at the age of eight. He was a pupil of Shijo artist Shiokawa Bunrin and followed the Nanga school tradition. He established the Kyoto Prefectural School of Painting before opening his own studio to students and retiring from teaching.
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- Resolution: 11582 x 8028
- Year of Print: 1881
- Artist: Kono Bairei
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5 Vintage Decorative Borders and Frames – Elegant Baroque Scrollwork PNG & SVG Set
Step into a world of timeless detail with this curated collection of antique ornamental borders and frames. Carefully restored from original vintage sources, each piece showcases intricate craftsmanship – from delicate scrollwork and botanical flourishes to geometric patterns and architectural accents. Provided in both high-resolution PNG and infinitely scalable SVG vector formats, these borders are perfect for adding historical charm to your design projects, whether you’re creating stationery, invitations, labels, packaging, or artistic prints.
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2 Vintage Ivy Flourish Borders – Botanical Ornamental Frame PNG & SVG Vector Set
Step into a world of timeless detail with this curated collection of antique ornamental borders and frames. Carefully restored from original vintage sources, each piece showcases intricate craftsmanship – from delicate scrollwork and botanical flourishes to geometric patterns and architectural accents. Provided in both high-resolution PNG and infinitely scalable SVG vector formats, these borders are perfect for adding historical charm to your design projects, whether you’re creating stationery, invitations, labels, packaging, or artistic prints.
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10 Vintage Decorative Borders and Frames – Ornamental Geometric PNG & SVG Vector Set
Step into a world of timeless detail with this curated collection of antique ornamental borders and frames. Carefully restored from original vintage sources, each piece showcases intricate craftsmanship – from delicate scrollwork and botanical flourishes to geometric patterns and architectural accents. Provided in both high-resolution PNG and infinitely scalable SVG vector formats, these borders are perfect for adding historical charm to your design projects, whether you’re creating stationery, invitations, labels, packaging, or artistic prints.
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Vintage Mushroom Illustration with Wide Textured Cap and Transparent Background for Overlays
This wild mushroom illustration was sourced from 19th-century botanical prints and carefully restored to preserve its original texture, color, and character. Digitally isolated with a transparent background, it’s ideal for nature-themed collage work, junk journaling, graphic design, and vintage-inspired projects.
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Apollo with Flowing Curly Hair and Headband in Greek Mythology
This image is part of our Extensive Collection of 135 Greek, Roman, and Mythology Vintage Line Art Illustrations. Each piece hand-selected from a variety of 19th-century books and ephemera found within our private library.
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Hermes Holding the Caduceus and Dionysian Attributes
This image is part of our Extensive Collection of 135 Greek, Roman, and Mythology Vintage Line Art Illustrations. Each piece hand-selected from a variety of 19th-century books and ephemera found within our private library.
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Ares Holding a Double-Edged Battle Axe in Warrior’s Stance with Laurel Crown
This image is part of our Extensive Collection of 135 Greek, Roman, and Mythology Vintage Line Art Illustrations. Each piece hand-selected from a variety of 19th-century books and ephemera found within our private library.
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Greek Mythological Figure with Floral Vine Crown, Flowing Beard, and Wavy Hair
This image is part of our Extensive Collection of 135 Greek, Roman, and Mythology Vintage Line Art Illustrations. Each piece hand-selected from a variety of 19th-century books and ephemera found within our private library.
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Bust of Roman God Mercury with Caduceus Staff and Child Figure in Detailed Line Art
This image is part of our Extensive Collection of 135 Greek, Roman, and Mythology Vintage Line Art Illustrations. Each piece hand-selected from a variety of 19th-century books and ephemera found within our private library.
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