Old books, new books, board books, any book that has been transformed through art.
Mermaid Art :: Sea Dreams :: beautiful shades of sea green and blue,
gold accents, and mermaids swimming all over the place
Fairy Art :: 18 Wishes :: courage, love, individuality are three of the eighteen wishes
to be found in this silver and purple fairy book
Moon Art :: Winter Moon :: pearl, white, blue textured pages surround a gentle poem
about swimming in a sea of moonlit sky
Colorful, textured collaged images of women, men, and children.
Inspired by a book
called The Perfect Woman; dramatic textures, vintage imagery and
bold, rich colors.
Beautiful vintage postcard images
portraying friendship and pages from an old arithmetic book.
Collages with the theme of wings-- butterfly wings, angel wings.
More collage art, but with a religious theme.
Altered books become shrines to hold personal and religious relics.
Catholic Art Reliquary :: Sister Maria Angelina's Crucifix :: a crucifix, the photo of an Italian
nun, and colors of gold and black
Saraswati Reliquary
:: cool green and rich red surround Saraswati, who is named for the Goddess
of knowledge and creativity
Decorative Art Reliquary :: Rambha's Anklet :: a fragment of an anklet, fringe, and beads in shades of pink and turquoise
Religious Reliquaries :: John's
Tooth :: a vintage
picture of a nun, green rhinestones, and baquettes, and gold accents
Woman Praying :: Woman Praying Reliquary :: Christopher's Hair :: shades of lavender, flower trim,
and a lock of blonde hair
Reliquary :: Theresa's
Cross ::
a cross with blue stones, sapphire gems,
and a lovely picture of a nun
Clown Art :: Clown Art Reliquary :: Angel's Bone :: red and gold, vintage clowns, shimmering
beads, buttons, and fringe
Reliquary :: Wedding Pearls :: silver and white, a vial full of pearls,
arched niches, and three columns
Triptych :: Triptych Reliquary :: Marie's Key ::
a triptych with
butterflies and a lovely young girl looking towards the heavens
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Saint Joan of Art ::
Saint Joan of Arc Reliquary
:: shades of blue and green, with an enshrined holy medal
Dancing Girl :: Dancing Girl Reliquary :: Ciera's Spells :: pink and
silver, sparkle and shine
Reliquary :: A Queen's Games :: a vintage playing card surrounded by
gold, glitter, and scarlet red
Altered books become book sculptures to decorate your walls.
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Paper Sculpture Art :: Patchwork ::
a nest of text holds a colorful clutch of eggs on a light blue background
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Decorative Wall Hangings :: Rituals ::
brown textured surface embedded with red and ochre cuts
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Wall Decor :: Saffron Skies ::
ribbons of pink text billow out of this altered book / wall hanging
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Handmade Paper Sculpture :: Dream of Orchids ::
pink, yellow, and orange orchids surrounded by green leaves and tendrils
Contemporary Wall Art :: Look Away :: Broken Doll Series - gears, and fears, and feeling proud
Assemblage :: Dark Angel :: Broken Doll Series - not all angels are merciful
Mixed Media Art :: The Children's War :: Broken Doll Series - child soldiers, robbed of their innocence
Found Object Sculpture :: Vision of Light :: Broken Doll Series - light reveals the beauty of broken things
Assemblage Art :: Fear :: Broken Doll Series - how can we secure the hearts of the young and save their lives from sin?
Contemporary Wall Sculpture :: The King's Garden :: golden leaves and vines pour from two garden windows
Hanging Wall Decor :: Anatomy of Paradise :: tropical greens, dragonflies, flowers, and more spill out from this book sculpture
Unique Wall Art :: Into the Night :: silvery shreds of paper shine out of a dark blue background
Hand Painted Wall Hanging :: Dream Weaver :: a rainbow of colors woven through glossy white pages
Wall Sculpture :: For the Roses
:: tiny pink roses and thorny green vines bloom from the page
Paper Sculpture :: Land of My Heart :: book pages fold back to reveal a pastoral collage landscape
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Saul and
Patsy ::
pleated turquoise pages overflow as gold painted bands weave through each
fold
Paper Art :: Rising to the Occasion :: red, white, and blue paper rolls create
a patriotic flag motif
Wall Hanging :: The Silent Angel :: pearl white glittering pages folded into wings and
flying off the wall
Arts and Craft Ideas
Have fun while you play with art.
Make Decorative Paper
You can create beautiful background papers for you art with these easy techniques.
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Egyptian
Architecture
:: section of the Great Pyramid, winged asp and sun decoration,
lotus and water decoration, columns with lotus bud designs, palm capital, and
two Egyptian temples
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Greek Columns
:: images of Doric, Corinthian, and Ionic columns
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Ancient
Greek Architecture ::
floor plan and exterior of a small Greek temple, Greek mouldings and carved
designs, and a floor plan of a large Greek temple
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Roman Architecture ::
round and pointed arches, columns from the Roman Colosseum, Roman mouldings, Byzantine-styled domes, floor plan of a Roman
Basiclica and St. Mark's Cathedral in Venice
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Pantheon ::
four lovely engravings of different views of the Roman Pantheon
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Islamic Architecture ::
mosque dome and minaret, carved lattice pattern, four arch styles, and wall decoration
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Romanesque Architecture
:: floor plan of a church, buttresses, arches, doors, rose window, church roof and walls, and Saxon architectural features
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Medieval Architecture
:: Norman window, St. John's Chapel, Norman buttresses and interlaced ornament, cushion and
divided capitals, a Norman doorway and an interlaced arcade
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Gothic Architecture
:: buttress, wall, and roof-vaulting, Westmnster Abbey, round and pointed arches, various styles of windows, and a capital from Lincoln Cathedral
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Church
Architecture
:: panelled buttresses, windows, and doors, perpendicular doorways, and a hammer
beam roof
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Cathedral Architecture
:: fan tracery vaulting and plan, perpendicular capital and base, decorative ornaments, pinnacle, and roof
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Tudor Architecture
:: Exeter Cathedral, various styles of spires, battlements, Tudor rose, and other church and castle architectural features
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Renaissance Architecture
:: use of orders, cornice, gables, window pediments, section of a dome, a steeple, a pierced
parapet, and strap work
Cat
Clipart
:: a cat playing with a ball, a cat and her kittens, a cat cleaning herself,
kittens in a basket, and some sleeping cats
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Cat Pictures
:: five engravings include a visiting cat, a cat and a girl reading by the fire, a playful kitty
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Funny Cat Pictures
:: cats stealing fish,
a sleeping cat surrounded by scheming mice, a cat chasing a terrified dog, and more
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Pictures
of Cats
:: includes a cat sharing a meal with a young girl, a cat receiving
a saucer of milk, and an illustration on how to draw a cat
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Cute
Kittens
:: kitties in a wheelbarrow, a clan of Persian
kittens, a striped kitten and three more color pictures
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Funny Dog Pictures
:: six pictures including a dog playing
the piano, another of a dog singing, and a dog butler giving medicine to a beat-up cat
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Dog Clipart
:: six images including two collies and a retriever
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Dog Pictures
:: a scotty, a bull dog, and three other dog images
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Dog Drawings
:: five black and white line art dog drawings
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Free Dog Clipart
:: a variety of engravings of dogs and children
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Cute Puppies
:: six adorable color images of puppies and dogs
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Paper Doll
:: a Margie Martin two-sided paper doll to cut-out and color
Paper Doll Patterns :: four dresses for Margie Martin
Free Paper Doll Patterns :: four more dresses for Margie
Christmas Paper Dolls :: lovely Bonny Bennet, her little sister, and a doll
Christmas Craft Patterns :: three adorable outfits for Bonny and a bridal doll
Free Printable Paper Dolls :: four more Bonny Bennet holiday outfits and a Christmas candle
Paper Dolls :: a richly colored paper doll and four outfits from France
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Printable Paper Dolls
:: another set of paper dolls from France
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Free Paper Dolls to Print Out
:: a little paper doll with fairy tale outfits
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Free Paper Dolls
:: another little paper doll with five outfits
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Craft Idea
:: make a cut-out paper circus with polar bears, circus enterainers and animals
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Circus Clipart
:: a rhino, Miss America, daring horseback riders, and other spectacular items for your paper circus
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Circus Animals
:: lions, tiger, and bears for your cut-out paper circus
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Christmas
Craft Ideas
:: make a Chritmas Garden with a Christmas tree, garden fence and accessories
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Christmas
Crafts
:: decorations and toys for on and around the tree in your Christmas Garden;
directions for assembly
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Border Clipart
:: eight rows of intricate border clipart
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Border Designs
:: three vertical borders
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Free
Page Borders
:: three more fancy vertical borders
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Free
Printable Borders
:: eight floral borders and frames
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Floral Patterns
:: seven more enchanting flower borders and frames
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Floral Designs
:: eight floral decorative ornaments
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Fall Clipart
:: pumpkins, grapevines, horn or plenty, flowers and bird montage, an overflowing bowl of fruit, girl in harvest advertisement
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Butterflies
:: eight photos of butterflies
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Butterfly
Pictures
:: five more pictures of butterflies
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Pictures of Butterflies
:: eight additional butterfly pictures
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White Flowers
:: amaryllis, calla, arrow-head, wild leek, painted trillium, and water lily
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Pink Flowers
:: sweetbrier rose, milkwort, wild geranium, pogonia,
purple-fringed orchis, and pink lady's slipper
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Yellow
Flowers
:: partridge pea, downy yellow violet, yellow lady's slipper, marsh marigold,
wild indigo, and the compass plant
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Blue Flowers
:: blue-eyed grass, downy gentian, forget-me-not, monkey flower, bird foot violet, and
fringed gentian
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Red Flowers
:: cardinal flower, wild orange-red lily, steeplebrush, wild columbine, bee balm, and
Indian paintbrush
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Hindu Gods
:: Vishnu, Brahma, Shiva, Krishna, Ganesh, Kali
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Egyptian Gods
:: six illustrations of ancient Egyptian clothing found on a tomb painting in Egypt
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Mushrooms
:: nine colorful mushroom drawings
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Honeysuckle
:: drawings of trumpet honeysuckle, italian honeysuckle, yellow honeysuckle, and woodbine
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Jasmine
:: four kinds of jasmine flowers: curl flowered jasmine, common yellow jasmine, single Arabian jasmine, and double Tuscan Jasmine
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Ferns
:: black and white drawings of common wall fern, ostrich fern, rock brake, lady fern, as well as variable liverwort,
peat moss, wall moss, green moss
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Thanksgiving Clipart
:: four scenes of autumn, turkeys, and the food and flora of Thanksgiving
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Turkey Clipart
:: four colorful and silly looking vintage turkey images
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New Year's Eve Clipart
:: five vintage postcard images sending out Happy New Year greetings
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Sunflowers
:: ten members of the sunflower family - tall thistle, many-flowered sunflower, Chinese chrysanthemum, China aster, European shrubby everlasting,
French marigold, cultivated dahlia, wild dahlia, Canada thistle, and arrow-leaved lettuce (a sunflower?)
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Cactus
:: melon cactus, pin-pillow cactus, winged cactus, gooseberry cactus, beautiful cactus, prickly-pear cactus, cactus flower, and creeping cactus
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Drawings of Roses
:: cinnamon rose, American raspberry, hard hack spiraea, wild pine strawberry, French rose, elm leaved spiraea, queen of the meadow, moss rose, and damask rose
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Rose
Pictures
:: six shabby chic roses in pastel shades of pink, white, and yellow
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Types of Lizards
:: variegated lizard, gecko lizard, chameleon lizard, a basilisk, and a skink
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Nativity
:: five beautiful old postcards depicting scenes from the Nativity
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Christmas
Clipart
:: a real photo postcard of a Christmas boy, a cute drawing of a Christmas girl,
a Christmas scene, and a decorated Christmas tree
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Santa Claus
:: four colorful vintage pictures of jolly St. Nick
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Mermaids
:: six mermaids, including the little mermaid from the fairy tale, and one merman-- I believe it's Triton.
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Pictures of Fairies
:: three cute black and white fairies
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Fairies
:: five more fairy images including some butterfly fairies
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Fantasy Fairies
:: four more fairy pictures including the tooth fairy
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Faeries
:: five fairy silhouettes
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Fairy Wings
:: precious line art images of fairy wings
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Clip Art Borders
:: a variety of ten black and white ornamental borders
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Page Borders
:: ten more decorative page borders
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Decorative Borders
:: and another ten decorated borders
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Mollusks
:: sea worm, star fish, sea snail, jelly fish, octopus, squid, and sea anemones
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Seashells
:: conch, triton, spindle, scallop, cowrie, limpet, giant clam and a rose branch murex
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Ancient
Alphabet
:: images of ancient Greek, Egyptian, Gothic, Syrian, Phoenician, Coptic, and
Mayan alphabets
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Alphabet
:: modern type alphabets including cursive and Gothic lettering, as well as
sign language, pictorial, Braille, Morse, and German
alphabets
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Guardian Angels
:: five different images of guardian angels, including two protecting the Ark of the Covenant
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Guardian Angel Graphics
:: a variety of eight different angel images
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Angel Clipart
:: a variety of eight different angel images
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Drawings of Angels
:: more wonderful angel drawings
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Whimsical Angel Pictures
:: cute little angels dancing with brownies
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Drawings of Angel Wings
:: five different styles of angel wings
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Angel Wings
:: four more black and white line art images of angel wings
Tiny Angels
:: color and black and white cherubic images
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Cherubs
:: three decorative cherub images
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Medieval Clipart :: eight black and white images of knights, maidens, castles, and children from the Middle Ages
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Medieval Armor :: a variety of images of helmets, armor, and knights
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Historical Costumes :: lots of drawings of costumes from the 6th to the 16th centuries
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Vintage Clothing :: more black and white images of historical garments from the Renaissance to the Twenties
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Victorian Clothing
:: amazingly detailed images of women wearing Victorian dresses and hats
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Vintage Women
:: engravings of a variety of six beautiful vintage women
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Drawings of Horses :: three horse anatomy diagrams and stages of galloping
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Horse Clipart :: seven images of horses of different colors and in differing poses
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Flower
Pictures :: blue and white flowers, lilac sprigs, red tulips, and red
and pink gladiolas
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Flower
Images :: daisies, daffodils, lily of the valley, and daylilies.
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Drawings
of Flowers ::
purple iris, iceland poppies, tiny blue flowers, and more lilac
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Floral Clipart :: five large chromoliths of flowers -- flowering ivy, carnations, roses, violets, and tiny blue flowers
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Floral Pictures :: geraniums,
iceland poppies, lily of the valley, and bouquets of tiny yellow and blue
flowers
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Patriotic Clipart :: two vintage postcards of George Washington and one of Indpendence Hall
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Patriotic Pictures :: three vintage postcards -- George Washington
receiving the flag, his "original" hatchet, and a photo of General Joseph Wheeler
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4th of July Clipart :: three vintage postcards of children celebrating Independence Day with fireworks,
firecrackers, and other amusements
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Baby Clipart :: four black and white engravings of babies, as well as two old postcard images
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Free Baby Clipart :: a picture of a baby and a baby playing the drums, a happy birthday baby, two young children playing, and a baby in her mother's arms
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Wedding Clipart :: a picture of a honeymoon, and a village wedding, a picture of bridesmaids, and Romeo and Juliet's marriage
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Free Wedding Clipart :: a Spanish wedding, a Medieval wedding, and a Chinese wedding and more
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Victorian Clipart :: five black and white engravings of girls with birds, cats, taking piano lessons, and playing jump rope
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Free Victorian Clipart :: images of three girls in a boat, children at Sunday School,
and a forlorn looking woman waiting for a train - in black and white and color
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Vintage Hats :: beautiful black and white scans of women in their fancy hats
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Men's Vintage Hats :: lots of interesting images of men in hats
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Vintage Clipart :: three color chromoliths of children and their dogs
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Arabian Nights ::
six colorful plates from the book Arabian Nights including a fisherman, Zobeide, the Enchanted Horse, Aladdin, Sidi
Nouman, and Ganem
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Free Christian Clipart ::
six black and white engravings or Moses as a shepherd, Moses and Aaron before Pharoah, scenes from Passover, the parting
of the Red Sea, and Moses breaking the tables of the law
Life of Jesus ::
ten engravings chronicle the life of Jesus from his birth to his ride into Jerusalem
Jesus of Nazareth ::
ten more images of Jesus's life, from the Last Supper to his ascension into heaven
Images of Jesus Christ ::
two images of Jesus as a child, and two portraits -- one in color, one sepia-toned
Women of the Bible ::
Sarai, Rebekah, Leah, Rachel, Miriam, Delilah, Ruth, Naomi, the Withc of Endor, and the two mothers who went to Soloon for help
Women in the Bible ::
Esther, sheba, Judith, Herodias, Salome, the woman of the well, Mary of Magdala, and the faithful woman in the crowd
Blessed Virgin Mary ::
four pretty images of Mary
Church Clipart ::
ten full-color plates of biblical scenes
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Christian Clipart ::
more black and white engravings for revelry before the flood, the flood, the Tower of Babel, traveling
through Egypt, and Jacob's dream
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Religious Clipart :: an additional six black and white engravings of Bethlehem, Saul at Endor, Ziklag, Jerusalem,the Mount of Olives, and a
singer of Israel
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Graduation Clipart ::
two sepia images of a young man and woman on graduation day, a vintage greeting card, and a speech and two poems
to celebrate graduation
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Easter Bunny Clipart ::
color images of a handsome rabbit courting a young girl, two cute bunnies by an egg, and a gramma bunny with a basket of eggs
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Easter Clipart ::
color images of baby chicks and beautiful flowers
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Christian Easter Clipart :: three more color pictures, two of them with the Holy Cross, and lots more flowers
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Easter Egg Clipart ::
baby chicks, violets, and of course, a bounty of eggs
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Free Spring Clipart ::
ten black and white line drawings of flowers from an old botany textbook
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Spring Clipart ::
nine more beautiful flower images
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Science Clipart ::
five black and white engravings from an old chemistry textbook
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Science Clip Art ::
four more vintage images of science related items, including a girl doing
an experiment
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Chemistry Clip Art :: another set of four images
of scientists and their equipment
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Valentine
Pictures ::
four color vintage pictures of romantic couples
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Valentine Clipart ::
three vintage valentine postcards
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Valentine's Day Pictures ::
four more vintage postcards of couples in love
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Bible
Pictures ::
color pictures of Moses, Daniel and his Harp, Samson and the Lions, and Daniel
in the Lions' Den
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Bible
Clipart :: color clipart of the infant Jesus with the wise men, Jesus
in Jerusulem, Jesus with the woman of Samaria, and Jesus after his resurrection
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Animal
Clipart ::
color clipart of an orangatan, a gorilla, a blotched genett,
an aardvark, a galago, and an aye-aye
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Pictures of Insects ::
ladybug, bee, praying mantis, cicada, beetle, termite, hornet, ant
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Insects ::
dragonfly, striped beetle, little bug, house fly, two butterflies, and two moths
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Animal
Clip Art ::
color clip art of a cacomixle, a jaguar, a zebra, a bison, polar bears, and
ermine
Free
Animal Clipart ::
a tatou,
a kangaroo, beavers, an alpine hare, an Indian rhinoceros, and a camel
Bird Drawings ::
wonderfully detailed engravings of a variety of birds found in an old German magazine from the mid-1800's.
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Bird
Clipart ::
a hoopoe, a bohemian wax-wing, a stone-curlew, a nuthatch, and an esculent
swallow
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Bird
Clip Art ::
a stock dove, a long-legged plover, a martin,
a peregrine falcon, and a hybrid pheasant
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English
Countryside ::
an old map of Selborne, a general view of the countryside, a village street,
a country lane, and a meandering stream
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Mother
Goose Clip Art ::
Six Little Snails, Sing a Song of Sixpence, Little Tommy Tucker, When the
Snow is on the Ground, Georgie Porgie, and Hey Diddle Diddle
Nursery
Rhyme Pictures :: Pictures of Nursery Rhymes ::
Little Jack Horner, Jack and Jill, Pussy Cat, and Simple Simon
Pictures of the Birth of Jesus :: The Birth of Jesus ::
The Nativity, The Star in the East, The Flight into Egypt, and the Massacre of the the Innocents
Egyptian Clipart ::
ancient Egyptian harvest scene, crocodile god, scarab, shrouded
dead, and hieroglyphics
Egyptian Clip Art ::
the sphinx and pyramids,
the Temple of Karnak, and the Rock Temple of Ibsmabul (Istanbul)
Egyptian Gods ::
Isis, Pasht, the cat-headed god, Ammon, an Egyptian Preistess, a mummy case, and Egyptian hieroglyphics
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Our
Lady of Guadalupe ::
a line drawing of the Virgin of Guadalupe that you can print out and
color in
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Spanish Clip Art :: vintage clipart of an arm, a two cent piece,
a boat, assorted birds, a chalkboard, and a horse
Spanish Clipart :: Victorian images of men, women,
children, a goat, and a chair, and boys playing marbles
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Spanish Pictures :: Victorian images of men, women, children,
a watch, and a dog
Jesus Clip Art :: four black and white engravings
of Jesus Christ
Free Pictures of Jesus
:: three large black and white engravings of Jesus
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Free Pictures :: Egyptian woman and children
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Free Images :: gypsy, bird, and little girl
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Ocean
Animals Clip Art :: a hairy medusa, star fish, and giant crab
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Ocean
Clip Art :: a sea flower, ancient ammonite, and sea turtle
Free Flower Clip Art :: a pansy, rose, carnation, and hydrangea
Free Flower Clipart :: a perriwinkle, water lily, lilac, and geranium
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