When I came across these stunning Mark Catesby prints, I knew I had to share them. They are some of the most beautiful vintage natural history illustrations that I have ever come across. It’s amazing to think they were made in the early 18th century. The prints are from his[Read more]
I’m always looking for fun ways to use some of the fabulous vintage images on this site. This time I have used them to make these fun decoupage placemats. In the past, I have made placemats with kitchen patents. This time I used a collage of various vintage botanical and[Read more]
Here is a wonderful collection of vintage maps of Ireland. This complements the collection of printable old maps on Pictureboxblue. There are already many vintage maps of Europe on the site and maps of Great Britain and Scotland. I thought it was time to add old maps of Ireland to[Read more]
Recently, I came across several old art and design books, many of which have wonderful plates of vintage color and pattern charts. The collection complements the vintage color wheels and vintage art supply posters featured on the site. Most of the books were texts for art students explaining the details[Read more]
A beautiful collection of vintage passion flower drawings and botanical illustrations, all in the Public Domain. Passion flowers are not just stunning beautiful flowers, but the plants also produce some of the most delicious fruits. Personally, passion fruit is one of my favorite flavors. They are also important host plants[Read more]
This is a collection of tiger drawings, illustrations and prints that are in the Public Domain. Tigers are an Asian mammal that once roamed from as far west as Turkey right across Asia to Eastern China. Today, the tiger’s range has reduced by 90% and is fragmented, stretching from Siberian temperate forests to[Read more]
I have added an assortment of amazing astronomical posters to the vintage image collection on Picture Box Blue. There are already some stunning collections of constellation map posters and zodiacal star charts on the site. With this collection of astronomy posters, I have gone further by covering the universe and[Read more]
This is a wonderful collection of Polychromatic Ornament prints by Albert Racinet. They are from his 1877 book “Polychromatic ornament. One hundred plates in gold, silver, and colors, comprising upwards of two thousand specimens of the various styles of ancient, oriental, and medieval art, and including the renaissance and the[Read more]