The Antique Image

Here are two cute illustrations for your spring projects!

This antique advertisement could be used in so many ways. Therefore, for a change, I’ve provided both the original scan and a black and white version.

This is an antique, black and white illustration of an Addax taken from a natural history book in my personal collection. Over at Antique Images there’s more animal clip art.

Here’s a beautiful, royalty free image of an african ostrich scanned from an antique book on natural history.

Here are two black and white illustrations I scanned from an old, Victorian book.

Isn’t this a lovely example of calligraphy? I really admire anyone who can do this. This image is a scan I took from an antique Victorian Book on etiquette. I scanned the page from the old book and left it as is. Here’s another lovely example from the same book at Antique Images.

Here is an antique illustration showing a reading of an essay.

I couldn’t decide which of these images to post, so I posted them both. I love each of them, especially the first because of the frame. These images come from an antique Victorian book full of black and white illustrations. I love using them to decorate gift tags and scrapbooking projects.

These are black and white illustrations I took from an antique Victorian book on etiquette. These images how to hold a pen and the proper writing positions. The fourth image down shows how not to hold a pen when writing. Aren’t you glad you know now?

Here are 3 black and white illustrations of capital letters from an antique book: E, M, and Q.