Antique Photograph of a Man Wearing a Top Hat Riding a Horse

 
Antique Photograph of a Man Wearing a Top Hat Riding a Horse

This is an antique cabinet photograph of a man wearing a top hat
while riding a horse.

Cabinet photographs are dated about 1860's to 1930's.
They were mounted on heavy card-stock.
(this one is dated about 1890's)

They are called "cabinet photographs" because;
when photography was still somewhat new,
people displayed photographs in cabinets
(mostly in parlors of wealthy home owners).

Photo Source:
RIJKS Museum
Museumstraat 1, 1071 XX Amsterdam, Netherlands
©: listed as Public Domain with CC1.0 license
More information about CC1.0 can be found here:
https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en

Vintage Drawing of Men in Suits Wearing Hats

  

 

Vintage Drawing of Men in Suits and Hats

 

Here is a contemporary looking vintage or antique drawing of two men.
The illustration features two head shots of  men wearing suits, ties, and hats.
The hat on the right appears to be a Derby or Bowler hat.
As for the hat in the left picture ??, perhaps a Porkpie hat?

This image will go well in themes like:
Vintage
Yesteryear
Masculine
Classic

Source:
Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg
Steintorpl., 20099 Hamburg, Germany
MKG Collection Online
Sited as Public Domain / CC 1.0
CC 1.0 info can be found here
https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

Swallowtail Butterfly Watercolor

 
Watercolor of a Swallowtail Butterfly

This Swallowtail Butterfly is resting at the top center (well, almost) of an oval frame.
Remove the frame, recenter the butterfly, or use it as it is and add more butterflies.
The download from NGA is a high resolution image so you can even
just use the butterfly in other projects.

Source: National Gallery of Art
Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20565
Sited as Public Domain, with
Open Access under CC0 Creative Commons Zero

Modele of a Horse Walking

  

Model of a Horse Walking

This model of a Horse walking was made of pigmented beeswax!
Because the brown horse is outlined nicely,
this walking horse statue is a good starting place for creating silhouettes and stencils.

Source: National Gallery of Art
Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20565
Sited as Public Domain, with
Open Access under CC0 Creative Commons Zero

Wall of Butterflies

  

Wall of Butterflies in Yellow Orange and Blue

Vintage or Antique wallpaper featuring Butterflies of all kinds and colors.
There are even some pretty Moths.
Each Butterfly and Moth is different.
This is a wonderful print just as it is.
You are sure to find one in the color you like.
These butterflies are Blue, Yellow, and Orange.
There are even some multicolored ones with Green!

Source: Smithsonian Online Collection
©: listed as Public Domain with CC0 license
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
2 E 91st St, New York, NY 10128

Vertical Image of Stag Deer Standing Beside a River

 

 

Vertical Image of Stag Deer Standing Beside a River

Here is a great image for use in Winter or Christmas themes.
The Vertical Landscape Painting features a Stag Deer standing next to a River.
The background shows a bare tree against a backdrop of dark blue sky
with a background of mountains covered in snow.

Source: The Renwick Gallery
1661 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20006
Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM)
Smithsonian Online Collection
©: listed as Public Domain with CC0 license

Landscape of Trees in a Park with City in the background

  

Landscape of Trees in a Park with City in background

This image features a Vertical Landscape with tall Trees in the foreground.
The rest of the illustration shows a River with Mountains and a City outlined in the background.
The original painting is a watercolor and the colors are browns, tans, blues, and greens.

This is great little illustration when you are looking for a vertical image.

Source: The Renwick Gallery
1661 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20006
Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM)
Smithsonian Online Collection
©: listed as Public Domain with CC0 license

Silhouette of a Boy and a Little Dog

  

Sihouette of a Boy with a Little Dog

Here is a silhouette of a boy teaching his little dog to sit up on it's hind legs.
The download available from Smithsonian Online is a high resolution image.
With most any photo editing software or drawing program
you can crop down to just the little dog.
This would make a great stencil for placing the little dog in other backgrounds.

 Source: The Renwick Gallery
1661 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20006
Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM)
Smithsonian Online Collection
©: listed as Public Domain with CC0 license

White Dog on a Cushion

  

White Dog Lying on a Red Cushion

 This little white Spitz-looking doggie pattern is a design for Embroidery.
The design is placed over a blue background with a graph paper grid.

Source: Smithsonian Online Collection
©: listed as Public Domain with CC0 license
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
2 E 91st St, New York, NY 10128

Woman in a Blue coat sitting on a chair

 

 

Woman wearing Blue - sitting in a chair

 

Here is something to add a little color to your junk journals and ephemera.
The original painting is a watercolor.
It features a woman wearing a Blue top sitting in a chair.
She appears to be working on a project of fabric, perhaps knitting or cross-stitch.
There is Blue along the bottom of the image to "tie" the whole painting together.
Notice how the chair and the color of her cheek also match!
This image has many colors without any individual color standing alone
or distracting from the full image.

 

Source: The Renwick Gallery
1661 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20006
Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM)
Smithsonian Online Collection
©: listed as Public Domain with CC0 license

A Funny Looking Dog

 

 

 

Funny Looking Dog

 

Here is a cute, funny, happy looking little dog to cheer your day up a little! 

Source: Smithsonian Online Collection
©: listed as Public Domain with CC0 license
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
2 E 91st St, New York, NY 10128

Drawing of a Sitting Dog Looking to the side

 

 

Drawing of a Sitting Dog looking to the side

 

This illustration of a Dog is drawn over graph squares that were placed
to guide the artist and help keep the body parts in proportion.

 

The drawing was originally designed as part of a mural to go in the Iowa State Capital building.

 

Source: The Renwick Gallery
1661 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20006
Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM)
Smithsonian Online Collection
©: listed as Public Domain with CC0 license

Sidewalk Among the Trees - Border

  

Sidewalk Among the Trees - Border

This looks like it would make a nice place to take walk.

This Border features a Mountain scene with clouds and water in the distance.
The foreground shows tall and short trees with a sidewalk that curves to go between the trees.
A scrolling band goes along the bottom to complete the border.

Source: Smithsonian Online Collection
©: listed as Public Domain with CC0 license
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
2 E 91st St, New York, NY 10128