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]
After visiting the tigers, the giraffe enclosure was always the second destination on our family’s visit to the zoo. These magnificent creatures are so unique and loved by many. I thought it would be fun to compile a collection of the best vintage giraffe drawings and illustrations in the public[Read more]
The other day whilst looking at the collections of vintage maps on Pictureboxblue, I realized that there were no maps of Australasia. This collection is to remedy that omission. Strictly speaking, Australasia is not a continent. The Australian continent is distinguished from the country of Australia, by the landmasses, which[Read more]
I have featured many of the wonderful identification charts and posters from the French publisher Larousse. The latest collection is of the wonderful tree posters from one of their illustrative dictionaries. From earlier editions of the dictionary, I have featured antique botanical posters, sealife posters, and animal posters. Many of[Read more]
I have added to the botanical flower collection on Pictureboxblue with this beautiful collection of bluebell illustrations and prints. There is nothing more calming and beautiful this time of year than to walk through a wood carpeted with bluebell flowers. These beautiful tiny flowers grow in ancient woodland. They are[Read more]