I like to be seasonal with my collections on Pictureboxblue. It will be Christmas soon, so I thought I’d add a collection of vintage reindeer drawings to the site. In the past, I have curated collections of illustrations of animals also associated with Christmas, penguins, and polar bears. I even[Read more]
These are a collection of fabulous late 19th century French natural history educational Deyrolle Posters. I love the old school educational charts that used to hang on the walls in the classrooms. I’ve already shared the stunning educational geography posters of Yaggy. Here, I’ve curated some of the amazing natural[Read more]
I have curated a collection of wonderful copyright free dragonfly drawings and illustrations from very old insect identification books. Some of these illustrations may be of closely related damselflies, where the insect has not been identified I have assumed they were dragonflies because they look like dragonflies. However, they could[Read more]
I love to decorate my home for Halloween with vintage images. In the past, I have framed vintage skeleton illustrations and spooky bat drawings. I have just added to that collection with these human skull drawings. The human skull is associated with Halloween probably due to its symbolism of death. [Read more]
I still can’t get enough of the beautiful fish paintings of Louis Renard. I have used them again in creating a fun rainbow fish display for my gallery wall. It’s amazing to think that these wonderful tropical fish illustrations were painted in the early 18th Century. They are such bright,[Read more]
The stunning geography posters in this collection are all by Levi Yaggy. They are from a collection of beautiful geography charts used in schools in the US from 1887. In the past, I have shared collections of illustrated zoological posters and botanical posters from the Larousse Illustrated dictionaries. This collection[Read more]
This is a collection of whale drawings that appeared in the 1843 book “Whales” by Roger Hamilton. Whales are one of the world’s special creatures they certainly invoke a sense of wonder and fascination as well as a sense of kinship for humans. There are countless stories of people mobilizing[Read more]
This is a collection of vintage Animal posters from one of two famous French illustrated Larousse Dictionaries: Nouveau Larousse illustré : Dictionnaire Universel Encyclopédique and Le Larousse pour tous. Both were published in France between 1898-1924. Many of the wonderful zoological illustrations were by French naturalist painter Adolphe Millot. I have[Read more]