Here is the final antique black and white illustration from a Victorian book on life. Check out The Antique Image for more of these free illustrations.
This black and white illustration was taken from an antique, Victorian book on life. It is entitled, The Past and Present. There is another free image from the same book here on The Antique Image.
Here is another black and white illustration from an antique book on flowers. The illustrations in this book are beautiful, and I really wish there were more of them.
This is a black and white illustration I found in an antique book about flowers. You just know that this woman is thinking to herself, "He loves me. He loves me not," as she's plucking each petal.
These are two black and white illustrations that I scanned from a Victorian book on etiquette. The designs are very pretty and can be used to make unique hang tags. What I've often done to antique images such as these is colorize them, and then print them out on heavy card stock and make hang tags. I think an antique or vintage design is so appealing and adds interest to any project.
Here are two beautiful images from an antique book on graphic design. I love this alphabet! It's very decorative. There are two other pages with the rest of this alphabet, and I've posted them here on my other antique images blog.