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 beautiful botanical illustrations here are all from the book “Temple of Flora, or, Garden of the botanist, poet, painter, and philosopher” by Robert John Thorton 1812. There are only …

There is something romantic and exciting about vintage hot air balloon art prints.  I think because it was the birth of air travel.   This is a carefully curated collection …

This is a curated selection of vintage food prints from Mrs Beeton’s Famous cookbook, “The Book of Household Management”. The book was first published in 1861, selling over 60,000 copies …

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 …

This is a collection of free printable vintage giant water lily (Victoria Amazonica) illustrations and drawings. It has also been called the Victoria Regia great water lily. Not just because …

The beautiful tropical botanical illustrations shared here are from the book “Collectanea botanica, or, Figures and botanical illustrations of rare and curious exotic plants” by John Lindley. The book was …

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 …

Many of the artworks on Pictureboxbluereflect my own personal tastes and lean towards an oriental theme.  There are already a lot of vintage Japanese themed images on the site and …

This is a wonderful collection of free-to-print Alphonse Mucha advertisement posters. These beautiful prints add to the site’s growing collection of art nouveau illustrations. Other images include Maurice Pillard Verneuil’s …

Here is a collection of old maps of China which are in the Public Domain and free to print. I have included Hong Kong and Macau maps as they are …

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 …

There is a wonderful collection of vintage circus posters on the site. I wanted to display some of these colorful images in a fun way. That’s when I came up …

I’m a big fan of Lewis Carroll, so I have made some Alice in Wonderland ornaments for my tree this year. I made them by printing some of the original …