Natural history

Inside: A collection of stunnig art nouveau pochoir prints of insects by the French artist E. A. Seguy. E. A. Seguy was a French artist and designer who gained widespread …

Inside: A collection of 46 beautifully illustrated old calligraphy letters by Joris Hoefnagel from the classic book “Mira Calligraphiae Monumenta.“ If you’ve seen the Joris Hoefnagels insect paintings on the …

Inside: A collection of free printable Ernst Haeckel jellyfish prints, all in the Public Domain. At first thought, jellyfish prints may not sound very exciting. But don’t be fooled by …

Inside: Free pictural prints from the childrens Pictorial Alphabet of Birds book. As a child, to pass the time on long car journeys, we used to play the alphabet game. …

Inside: A wonderful collection of vintage snowflake prints and drawings in the Public Domain and free to download and print. Nothing used to create as much excitement in our house …

Inside: A tutorial on how to put pictures or photos onto wood slices and then how to make them into Christmas ornaments. My dad moved from North London to Hong …

Inside: A tutorial to make a DIY butterfly wall decoration in the style of vintage specimen art. One of my favourite things is to wander around flea and antique markets …

Inside: Three Audubon pelican prints and another ten stunning vintage pelican illustrations, in the Public Domain and free to download and print. Last week I walked through St Jame’s Park …

Inside: A collection of beautiful original natural lichen dye colour drawings from a vintage natural history book. Free to print and in the Public Domain. When everyday life gets a …

Inside:  A free printable collection of art nouveau postcards by the artist Gisbert Combaz These vibrant postcards are a great example of a modern form of Art Nouveau. The artist, …

This latest collection of mushroom drawings is by popular request. Even though I already have a few colourful mushroom illustrations on the site, people were looking for some black and …

The beauty of the drawings and paintings in vintage natural history books never ceases to amaze me. That includes this colourful collection of vintage seaweed prints that I’m sharing here. …

Did you know that the plural of octopus is octopuses? Not as I misbelieved octopi. Octopus is a Greek word, not Latin, which is why the plural doesn’t end in …

These gorgeous cactus paintings and illustrations were all painted in the 18th and 19th Century. They were painted by various botanical artists. Botanical art is designed so that the paintings …

A vibrant collection of beautiful vintage hummingbird prints and art. They are all in the Public Domain and free to download and print. I remember seeing my first wild hummingbird, …

A collection of carefully curated Maria Sibylla Merian prints from her seminal book “Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium”, the “Metamorphosis of the Insects of Suriname“. The book was published in 1705. This …

A collection of beautiful vintage birds nest and egg illustrations by “the other Audubon“, Genevieve Jones. All of these wonderful vintage prints are from the book “Illustrations of the Nests …

A wonderful collection of colourful hibiscus drawings and botanical illustrations. They are all in the Public Domain and free to print. The latest addition to the large collection of vintage …

A collection of free vintage zoological prints, that just focus on Elephant illustrations and drawings. A couple of illustrations showing how to draw elephants is included. There are elephant examples …

I have curated a collection of beautiful 19th Century Conchology prints (seashells) by the British Mineralist John Mawe, from several of his scientific books. Conchology is the study of mollusc …