Printable Vintage Art: The Old China Shop by Ralph Hedley

The Old China Shop, 1877
by Ralph Hedley (1848–1913)

Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says, “I'll try again tomorrow.”
― Mary Anne Radmacher

Defeat is only defeat if we accept it as defeat. Victory often comes after defeat, because one was too stubborn to allow it to be their reality. In the trail of any great conflict you will see the scuff marks, where the one was beaten down, but they could not be taught to stay that way.
― Tom Althouse

Sources:
[1] Original image from Wikimedia.
[2] The Real Victorian's digitally enhanced version of the painting (seen above), downloadable as a 8" x 10" @ 300 ppi JPEG.


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Free Vintage Clipart for Collage, Scrapbooking or Papercrafts: Pansies for Thought

Just in case you ever foolishly forget, I'm never not thinking of you.
― Virginia Woolf

Knowledge holds the power
But It's Memory that possesses it.
― Ritu Negi
Antique illustration from 1897 of a Victorian lady dressed in Elizabethan costume playing a lute on a terrace. The image is decorated in the foreground with a clump of pansies with a caption stating "Pansies foe Thought." You can download the engraving as a high-res 8.5" x 11" @ 300 ppi JPEG here.


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Printable Vintage Art: The Fierce Friend

The Fierce Friend, c1893
by Évariste Carpentier (1845–1922)

...she doesn't have to choose between being gentle or being fierce. Both exist in nature and both exist in her. That's ok. She'll know to nourish them both and when applicable, use each unapologetically.
― Steve Maraboli

Do not be afraid to bare your teeth - you were not brought into this world covered in blood to become a gentle, tamed thing.
― Nichole McElhaney

Sources:
[1] Original image from Wikimedia.
[2] The Real Victorian's digitally enhanced version of the painting (seen above), downloadable as a 4" x 3" @ 300 ppi JPEG.


Digitally enhanced reproductions of public domain paintings are shared under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.