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.


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Printable Vintage Fashion Illustration: Gilded Age Hairstyles 1875

Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say,
and not giving a damn.
― Orson Welles

1875 fashion history illustration of Gilded Age hairstyles by Mr. W.J. Barker of 1271 Broadway, New York. You can download the high-res illustration as an 8" x 9" @ 300 ppi JPEG here.


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Printable Vintage Illustration: Searching for Clues, 1875

The truth must be quite plain, if one could just clear away the litter.
― Agatha Christie

She remembered what her old priest had said: a half-truth masquerading as a whole truth was nothing but an untruth. But half-truths were horseplay in Miranda, where big lies came quick and easy. And they were about to come a lot easier.
― Chad Boudreaux, Homecoming Queen

1875 illustration of a Victorian lady in a ball gown; she seems to be looking around for someone/something. You can download the high-res illustration as a 6" x 8" @ 300 ppi JPEG here. Larger image size available for licensing. Please inquire.


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