Printable Victorian Science Illustrations for Altered Art, Graphic Design, Papercrafts or Scrapbooking: 19th Century Clouds

All shadows of clouds the sun cannot hide
like the moon cannot stop oceanic tide;
but a hidden star can still be smiling
at night's black spell on darkness, beguiling
― Munia Khan

So fine was the morning except for a streak of wind here and there
that the sea and sky looked all one fabric,
as if sails were stuck high up in the sky,
or the clouds had dropped down into the sea.
― Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse

19th century illustrations of clouds from A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge, published in 1880 by William Mackenzie. You can download these illustrations as an 8" x 12" @ 300 ppi JPEG here.


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Vintage Natural History Illustration: Yellow Canary (Crithagra flaviventris)

The caged bird sings with a fearful trill,
of things unknown, but longed for still,
and his tune is heard on the distant hill,
for the caged bird sings of freedom.
― Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will.
― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

Now that she had nothing to lose, she was free.
― Paulo Coelho, Eleven Minutes

19th century illustration of a yellow canary (Crithagra flaviventris) in a cage
4.5" x 6" @ 300 ppi JPEG without a watermark here.

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Printable Victorian Science Illustrations for Altered Art, Graphic Design, Papercrafts or Scrapbooking: Various Mechanical Models 1

19th century illustrations of various mechanical models
11" x 8.5" @ 300 ppi JPEG without a watermark here.

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Printable Victorian Science Illustrations for Altered Art, Graphic Design, Papercrafts or Scrapbooking: 19th Century Nebulae

Even so, I’m somebody.
I’m the Discoverer of Nature.
I’m the Argonaut of true sensations.
I bring a new Universe to the Universe
Because I bring the Universe to itself.
― Alberto Caeiro, The Keeper of Sheep

19th century illustrations of nebulae from a science book. You can download these black and white drawings as an 8" x 8" @ 300 ppi JPEG without a watermark here.


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