I normally share scientific natural history animal illustrations on the site. When I stumbled across these charming comic-like animal illustrations of Benjamin Rabier, I knew I had to share them too. These animal illustrations were originally created by Benjamin Rabier in 1908 for the children’s book “Les Petites Misères de[Read more]
A curated collection of vintage frog illustrations to add to the zoological illustrations on the site. All the prints are in the Public Domain and free to print. One of my children’s first lessons on the wonders of the natural world was experiencing the amazing life cycle of a frog. [Read more]
William Morris designs and patterns have had a recent resurgence in popularity. This is not surprising with the current popular Cottagecore aesthetic and maximalist interior trend. If you are wondering what a Cottagecore aesthetic is, think of the trappings associated with traditional cottage living. Stuff such as flowing floral dresses,[Read more]
With Valentine’s day around the corner, I thought it would be fun to show the wonderful vintage maps of love and matrimony that I have found. There is an extensive collection of traditional vintage maps on Pictureboxblue, from maps of the whole world to maps of specific countries and cities.[Read more]
These vintage lily drawings and illustrations are the latest addition to the wonderful collection of free vintage flower prints on Pictureboxblue. Many flowers that are called a lily, aren’t really lilies. They aren’t true lilies as they don’t belong to the flowering plant genus Lilium. Examples include flowers such as[Read more]
There are several collections of vintage educational posters on Pictureboxblue. They are all in the Public Domain and free to download and print. The most popular posters are by the French natural illustrator and entomologist Adolphe Millot. I have gathered these old educational posters in one place, so it is[Read more]
I have curated a collection of wonderful old maps of Japan to download for free. Japan is probably on the top of my bucket list of countries to visit. I’m a big fan of Japanese food and culture, and I’d love to visit the country. I would have loved to[Read more]
Nature and particular flowers have influenced patterns in textiles for centuries. From the intricate embroidered Chinese silks with peonies to woven Persian carpets. This collection of free vintage floral patterns for textiles focus on early 19th century drawings. Most of the floral prints on Pictureboxblue are vintage botanical paintings from[Read more]