Vintage Natural History Illustration: Yellow Canary (Crithagra flaviventris)

The caged bird sings with a fearful trill,
of things unknown, but longed for still,
and his tune is heard on the distant hill,
for the caged bird sings of freedom.
― Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will.
― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

Now that she had nothing to lose, she was free.
― Paulo Coelho, Eleven Minutes

19th century illustration of a yellow canary (Crithagra flaviventris) in a cage
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Printable Vintage Photo for Collage Art, Graphic Design, Papercrafts or Scrapbooking: Lady with Flower Cart, 1916

If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams
and you will always look lovely.
― Roald Dahl

Make sure, as often as possible,
you are doing something you’d be happy to die doing.
― Matt Haig, The Humans

Grungy vintage postcard from 1916 showing an Edwardian lady pulling a flower cart. Free high-res 4" x 6" @ 300 ppi JPEG without a watermark for collage art, graphic design, papercrafts or scrapbooking projects here.


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Printable Vintage Art: Autumn 1905

Fall has always been my favorite season.
The time when everything bursts with its last beauty,
as if nature had been saving up all year for the grand finale.
― Lauren DeStefano, Wither

No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace
as I have seen in one autumnal face.
― John Donne, The Complete Poetry and Selected Prose

Vintage illustration of a lady surrounded by autumn leaves from 1905.
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