Sealife creatures and mammals and plants
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]
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]
It’s hard to believe that these fish paintings of Louis Renard were first published in 1719. They are from the book “Poissons, écrevisses et crabes… que l’on trouve autour des Isles Moluques, et sur les côtes des Terres Australes” by Louis Renard. This was the first known book of colourful[Read more]
A curated collection of stunning colorful coral reef illustrations and prints of the Australian Great Barrier Reef. The coral prints are from the book “The Great Barrier Reef of Australia” (1893) by William Saville-Kent. William Saville-Kent was a British marine biologist whos book on the Great Barrier Reef was a pioneering publication,[Read more]
Copyright-free Natural History Seashell identification Posters I have just returned from a visit to my parents in Portugal. After collecting some beautiful shells from the local Portugal beach, I thought it would be great to curate a collection of shell posters and images. Seashells found on the beach are the[Read more]
When I first came across these wonderful Ernst Haeckel prints, I couldn’t wait to share them. These are some of the most beautiful vintage nature art drawings I have I seen. The vintage biological illustrations just blew me away. I can’t wait to get a few of these nature wall[Read more]
Did you know that the plural of octopus is actually octopuses? Not as I misbelieved octopi. Octopus is actually a Greek word and not Latin that is why the plural doesn’t end in i. Here I have curated a cool collection of vintage octopus illustrations free to print. I think[Read more]
The most popular collection of vintage images on Pictureboxblue are the wonderful natural history posters of Adolphe Millot. So due to popular demand I have decided to add to this collection by adding the sea life posters of Adolphe Millot. Again this is another wonderful collection of vintage natural history[Read more]