Animal Images

Vintage pen and ink drawing of a galloping horse and rider from the children’s book illustrator Isabel Watkin. In the public domain in the USA.

Two young children visit a pair of horses in their stalls in this vintage children’s book illustration by Isabel Watkin. The little boy looks cute in his sailor suit and the girl looks charming in her beret. Watching over the children and horses is a seated black cat. Isabel drew the pen and ink illustrations […]

Vintage horse and chickens book illustration from circa 1905. Public domain in the USA and free to download.

Vintage pen and ink donkey drawing from the early 1900s. Copyright free in the USA.

Vintage otter print from a children’s book. Nicely colorized with rocks, yellow flowers, cattails, trees and a rushing stream.

Charming vintage squirrel drawing by Bruce Horsfall. Little Mitchell is a bit famous for a squirrel, his adoptive mother wrote a book about his story.

Vintage coyote drawing from a government pamphlet. Drawn with vertical lines, it has an interesting look that might add something different to your art.

Diamondback terrapin drawing from an unlikely artist. Wonderful black and white sketch from 1831 of a turtle found on the eastern shoreline of the USA.

Vintage house fly drawing from a book about New Zealand pests that dates back to the early 1900s. Several online sources identify the book as public domain in the USA.

This colorful spider drawing is part of a turn of the century advertising piece for a thread company. How fun, a spider web to promote thread. I love it.

Vintage ichneumon fly drawing for downloading and/or printing to use with your own creative projects. This large parasitoid wasp looks downright sinister.

Interesting deer drawing by an artist more known for his sporting images that often poke fun at participating in hunts. A quiet piece with Oriental styling.