An American elk (Cervus Canadensis) illustration showing a male and female elk to the front of the picture with elks in the background surrounded by hills and greenery. Format: JPG Artist: John Woodhouse Audubon (1812 – 1862) The photograph below also shows a male and female elk:
This is a beautifully coloured carnations (Dianthus Caryophyllus) illustration, showing open flowers and buds with their greenery of stems and leaves. To the Elysian shades dismiss my soul, where no carnation fades. – Alexander Pope Format: JPG
This is a black and white illustration of 2 sleepy cats. The picture shows the cats sat with their paws holding on to the back of a chair with their eyes firmly shut. One cat just leads to another. – Ernest Hemingway Format: JPG
3 vintage drawer handle illustration, intricately carved with leafy detail. Format JPG
This is a Chen Yu cosmetics advert scanned from a 1953 coronation publication from my personal collection of vintage material. The picture shows a smartly dressed woman wearing Chen Yu cosmetics. Format: JPG
An illustration of a vintage girl fishing in a stream or lake. The picture shows a girl wearing a red dress and white apron with a pale blue scarf covering her head. There are ducks and ducklings in the water and cottages can be seen in the distance. The scene is dotted with flowers, trees and … [Read more…]
A botanical illustration of dark red Indian cress (Nasturtium). Format: JPG Every flower is a soul blossoming in nature. – Gérard de Nerval
A colour illustration of 2 vintage barn owls – nocturnal countryside birds that eat mice, voles, shrews, other larger mammals and small birds. There was an Old Man with a beard, Who said, “It is just as I feared!— Two Owls and a Hen, Four Larks and a Wren, Have all built their nests in my … [Read more…]
A 1929 photograph of American film actress Anita Page. Born: 4 August 1910 Died: 6 September 2008 Format: JPG
A Burlington Glass advert scanned from a 1953 coronation publication. The coronation of Queen Elizabeth II took place on 2 June 1953, at Westminster Abbey. Format: JPG