Art Library / Monochrome vector SVG files
Monochrome vector SVG files
Monochrome historical vector art, it cuts, scores and engraves, and it prints too.
43 collections, 14,658 pieces in total. Pick a collection to see the art inside it.
Engraving
Lacy fern frond
From Edward Joseph Lowe, Ferns: British and Exotic , scan page 29
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Spreading lacy fern frond
From Edward Joseph Lowe, Ferns: British and Exotic , scan page 33
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Toothed pinnate fern frond 01
From Edward Joseph Lowe, Ferns: British and Exotic , scan page 45
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Start with a subject or a set of historical plates.
Botanical
Flowers, ferns, leaves and wreaths traced from nineteenth-century botanical plates.
Creatures
Beasts, sea monsters, shells and insects from early natural history engravings.
Alphabets & Initials
Decorated initials, monograms and full alphabets from sign-painting and printers' books.
Medieval
Dragons, castles, knights and manuscript borders from medieval and heraldic sources.
Heraldry
Crests, shields, coats of arms, badges and crowns from heraldic handbooks.
Occult
Sigils, seals and pentacles, alchemical emblems, zodiac figures and the reading of hands, engraved when magic was printed as carefully as botany.
Ephemera
Postage stamps, postmarks, apothecary labels, tickets and seals for collage and journalling.
Nautical
Anchors, compass roses, whales, rigging and knots from maritime sources.
Japanese
Waves, koi, cranes and family crests from Japanese pattern books and Hokusai's sketchbooks.
Archaeology
Greek vases, carved reliefs, ruins and excavated artifacts from archaeological reports.
Insects
Butterflies, moths, beetles, dragonflies and bees from hand-engraved entomology plates.
Birds
Songbirds, owls and waterfowl, with the eggs, nests and feathers that go with them.
Borders & Frames
Borders, frames, corner pieces and cartouches to run around a sign, tag or panel.
Labels
Poison labels, prescription blanks, cologne and bitters labels, and the ornamental frames a chemist overprinted with a shop name.
Figures
Silhouettes, costume plates, dancers and portrait studies of the human figure.
Cottagecore
Wildflowers, songbirds, herbs and folk borders for a soft, rural, hand-made feel.
Architecture
Gothic windows, tracery, carved panels, columns and arches measured from real buildings.
Kitchen and Confectionery
Towering wedding cakes and trembling jellies with the moulds that shaped them, whisks, kettles and the kitchen range, from the cookery books and tinware catalogues of a Victorian kitchen.
Objects & Furniture
Chairs, clocks, keys, lamps and teapots, drawn from the pattern books cabinet-makers and silversmiths worked from, where every object is a clean measured elevation.
Patterns & Ornaments
Rosettes, knots, frets, scrolls and repeat patterns that stand on their own, from pattern books and needlework manuals.
Mechanical
Gears, cams, linkages, valves and whole engines, lifted from Victorian engineering plates where every part is drawn as clean line.
Dark Academia
Anatomy, moths, lettering and architecture drawn together into one studious, shadowed look.
Gothic
Tracery, crosses, ravens, skulls and pointed arches for high-contrast gothic work.
Apothecary
Herbals, retorts, phials and remedies. The old pharmacy, from Culpeper and Blackwell through to laboratory glass.
Tools & Instruments
Compasses, calipers, theodolites, lancets and lathe work, engraved when an instrument was drawn as carefully as a portrait.
Art Nouveau
Whiplash florals, monogram panels and sinuous borders in the Art Nouveau manner.
Fungi
Mushrooms, toadstools, bracket fungi and lichens from mycological iconographies.
Celestial
Moon phases, constellations, zodiac figures and star charts from historical atlases.
Transport
Carriages, spoked wheels, ships, locomotives and bicycles from trade catalogues and engineering plates.
Anatomical
Skulls, hearts, hands and skeletal studies from historical anatomical atlases.
Memento Mori
Skulls, skeletons, hourglasses and tomb carving from the memento mori tradition.
Toys and Games
Dolls in bonnets, rocking horses, sleds, card backs and the cups and balls of a parlour conjuror, from the toy and sporting goods catalogues of the 1880s to the 1900s.
Whimsigoth
Moons, stars, zodiac symbols, serpents and open hands for a mystical, witchy mood.
Egyptian
Ankhs, scarabs, lotus motifs and hieroglyphic borders from Egyptological plates.
Chinese
Cloud scrolls, dragons, peonies and lattice fretwork from Chinese ornament sources.
Chinoiserie
Peonies, cranes, pagodas and fretwork in the European chinoiserie decorative style.
Steampunk
Brass, cogs, boilers and airships. The machine age as it drew itself, pulled together from engineering, flight and clockwork plates.
Vintage Tech
Wall telephones and telegraph keys, glass lamp shades, humming dynamos and bellows cameras, from the years when electric light was new and every camera folded out on bellows.
Astronomical Volvelles
Paper volvelles from Apian's Astronomicum Caesareum: layered star discs, planetary dials, moon phase wheels and zodiac calendars.
Penmanship and Flourishes
Swans and eagles drawn in one sweep of the pen, flourished stags and capitals, from the manuals a writing master taught from.
Celtic
Interlaced knotwork, spirals and carved crosses recorded from standing stones and metalwork.
Angels & Demons
Winged figures and horned ones. Dore's seraphim and the engraved imps of the Dictionnaire Infernal, from the century that illustrated both with equal care.
Musical Instruments
Violins, harps, lutes, drums and horns, and from the violin maker's bench the scrolls, f-holes and outlines a new instrument starts from.
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