Free Printable Fashion History Illustration for Mixed-Media Collage, Journaling, Papercrafts or Scrapbooking: Portrait of a Victorian Lady in Evening Head-Dress of Wild Roses and Berries

Every woman that finally figured out her worth, has picked up her suitcases of pride
and boarded a flight to freedom, which landed in the valley of change.
― Shannon L. Alder
A vintage fashion illustration from November 9, 1872 showing a Victorian lady wearing an evening head-dress. This head-dress consists of a spray of wild roses and berries, with a long drooping vine and a coloured ostrich feather drooping over the front waved hair. Original engraving is from my personal collection of antique Harper's Bazar magazines.

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Free Printable Fashion History Illustration for Mixed-Media Collage, Papercrafts, Scrapbooking or DIY Wall Art: Dressed for a Cold-Weather Outing, 1861

There's no such thing as bad weather, only inappropriate clothing.
― Ranulph Fiennes
Antique fashion illustration from a November 1861 issue of Journal des Demoiselles. This vintage engraving shows a mother and two children; the mother and younger child seem to be dressed for a cold weather outing to the park.

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Free Printable Fashion History Illustration for Mixed-Media Collage, Journaling, Papercrafts or Scrapbooking: Edwardian Lady in the Park 1 (1904)

Movement offers us pleasure, identity, belonging and hope. It puts us in places that are good for us, whether that's outdoors in nature, in an environment that challenges us, or with a supportive community. It allows us to redefine ourselves and reimagine what is possible. It makes social connection easier and self-transcendence possible.
― Kelly McGonigal, The Joy of Movement
A vintage fashion hstory illustration from 1904. The drawing shows a young Edwardian lady in a winged hat and carrying a parasol on a brisk walk around the park. The upper part of the portrait is enclosed within a round frame that forms a halo around the lady. I have included a portion of the printed page where this illustration was initially published. Original black and white engraving is from my personal collection of antique La Mode Illustrée magazines.

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Free Printable Fashion History Illustrations for Mixed-Media Collage, Journaling, Papercrafts or Scrapbooking: Edwardian Children at a Rehearsal (1904)

For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them.
― Aristotle, The Nicomachean Ethics
A vintage fashion hstory illustrations from 1904. This image shows a group of three children - two girls and a boy - at a rehearsal (perhaps a dance or a play). Original black and white engraving is from my personal collection of antique La Mode Illustrée magazines.

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Free Printable Fashion History Illustrations for Mixed-Media Collage, Journaling, Papercrafts or Scrapbooking: Edwardian Ladies in Promenade Costumes 2 (1904)

Life will give you whatever experience is most helpful
for the evolution of your consciousness.
How do you know this is the experience you need?
Because this is the experience you are having at the moment.
― Eckhart Tolle, A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose
A pair of vintage fashion hstory illustrations from 1904. The Edwardian lady on the left is wearing an elaborately ruffled and flounced promenade costume while the Edwardian lady on the right is wearing a simpler, more streamlined walking suit embellished with button and loop closures and swaths of herringbone fabric. Original black and white engravings are from my personal collection of antique La Mode Illustrée magazines.

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Free Printable Vintage Illustration for Mixed-Media Collage, Journaling, Papercrafts or Wall Art: The Message, 1893

Much unhappiness has come into the world because of bewilderment and things left unsaid.
― Fyodor Dostoevsky
A black and white engraving from the November 19, 1893 issue of La Famille. This antique illustration shows a Victorian lady starting to write a message in a frosted-over window with her right index finger. The original caption for the image simply says: "The..."

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Free Printable Fashion History Illustration for Altered Art, Graphic Design, Papercrafts or Scrapbooking: Victorian Ladies at the Art Gallery, 1875

Art is unquestionably one of the purest and highest elements in human happiness.
It trains the mind through the eye, and the eye through the mind.
As the sun colors flowers, so does art color life.
― John Lubbock, The Pleasures of Life
A fashion history illustration from an 1875 issue of Frank Leslie's Lady's Magazine. The colour plate show two Victorian ladies looking at paintings hung on the wall of what appears to be a very busy museum or art gallery.

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Free Printable Fashion History Illustration for Collage Art, Graphic Design, Papercrafts or Scrapbooking: Victorian Ladies in Travel Costumes 1 (1872)

Never did the world make a queen of a girl who hides in houses
and dreams without traveling.
― Roman Payne, The Wanderess
A vintage fashion illustration from 1872 showing a trio of Victorian ladies in travel costumes. Original engraving is from my personal collection of antique Harper's Bazar magazines.

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Free Printable Vintage Illustration for Altered Art, Graphic Design, Papercrafts or Scrapbooking: The Knitter, 1893

It isn't what you have or who you are or where you are or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about it.
― Dale Carnegie
A black and white engraving from the cover of the November 19, 1893 issue of La Famille. This antique illustration shows a lady sitting by a sunny window, cooled by a refreshing breeze as she knits away in serene contentment.

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Free Printable Fashion History Illustration for Altered Art, Graphic Design, Papercrafts or Scrapbooking: Victorian Ladies at the Booksellers or Library, 1875

I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
A fashion history illustration from an 1875 issue of Frank Leslie's Lady's Magazine. The colour plate show two Victorian ladies browsing for books in a well-stocked bookshop or a lending library.

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Free Printable Fashion History Illustrations for Altered Art, Graphic Design, Papercrafts or Scrapbooking: Edwardian Ladies in Promenade Costumes 1 (1904)

I was the world in which I walked, and what I saw
Or heard or felt came not but from myself;
And there I found myself more truly and more strange.
― Wallace Stevens, The Collected Poems
A pair of vintage fashion hstory illustrations from 1904. The Edwardian lady on the left is strolling around the park with an open parasol over her shoulder; the Edwardian lady on the right is pictured with a fancy walking stick in one hand while consulting a pocket guide book in her other hand. Original black and white engravings are from my personal collection of antique La Mode Illustrée magazines.

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