# Monochrome vector SVG files

> Monochrome historical vector art, it cuts, scores and engraves, and it prints too.

- **Open the group:** https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/browse/engrave
- **Collections:** 38
- **Files in total:** 12,606

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## Collections in this group

- [Creatures (1,999 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/creatures.md): Beasts, sea monsters, shells and insects from early natural history engravings.
- [Botanical (1,656 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/botanical.md): Flowers, ferns, leaves and wreaths traced from nineteenth-century botanical plates.
- [Heraldry (1,353 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/heraldry.md): Crests, shields, coats of arms, badges and crowns from heraldic handbooks.
- [Medieval (1,237 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval.md): Dragons, castles, knights and manuscript borders from medieval and heraldic sources.
- [Occult (1,147 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/occult.md): Sigils, seals and pentacles, alchemical emblems, zodiac figures and the reading of hands, engraved when magic was printed as carefully as botany.
- [Ephemera (1,071 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/ephemera.md): Postage stamps, postmarks, apothecary labels, tickets and seals for collage and journalling.
- [Nautical (924 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/nautical.md): Anchors, compass roses, whales, rigging and knots from maritime sources.
- [Alphabets & Initials (824 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/alphabets.md): Decorated initials, monograms and full alphabets from sign-painting and printers' books.
- [Japanese (811 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/japanese.md): Waves, koi, cranes and family crests from Japanese pattern books and Hokusai's sketchbooks.
- [Archaeology (692 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/archaeology.md): Greek vases, carved reliefs, ruins and excavated artifacts from archaeological reports.
- [Birds (665 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/birds.md): Songbirds, owls and waterfowl, with the eggs, nests and feathers that go with them.
- [Insects (643 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/insects.md): Butterflies, moths, beetles, dragonflies and bees from hand-engraved entomology plates.
- [Borders & Frames (608 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/borders.md): Borders, frames, corner pieces and cartouches to run around a sign, tag or panel.
- [Labels (581 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/labels.md): Poison labels, prescription blanks, cologne and bitters labels, and the ornamental frames a chemist overprinted with a shop name.
- [Figures (434 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/figures.md): Silhouettes, costume plates, dancers and portrait studies of the human figure.
- [Cottagecore (434 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/cottagecore.md): Wildflowers, songbirds, herbs and folk borders for a soft, rural, hand-made feel.
- [Architecture (431 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/architecture.md): Gothic windows, tracery, carved panels, columns and arches measured from real buildings.
- [Patterns & Ornaments (373 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/ornaments.md): Rosettes, knots, frets, scrolls and repeat patterns that stand on their own, from pattern books and needlework manuals.
- [Mechanical (360 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/mechanical.md): Gears, cams, linkages, valves and whole engines, lifted from Victorian engineering plates where every part is drawn as clean line.
- [Dark Academia (338 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/dark-academia.md): Anatomy, moths, lettering and architecture drawn together into one studious, shadowed look.
- [Gothic (296 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/gothic.md): Tracery, crosses, ravens, skulls and pointed arches for high-contrast gothic work.
- [Tools & Instruments (271 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/tools.md): Compasses, calipers, theodolites, lancets and lathe work, engraved when an instrument was drawn as carefully as a portrait.
- [Art Nouveau (256 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/art-nouveau.md): Whiplash florals, monogram panels and sinuous borders in the Art Nouveau manner.
- [Objects & Furniture (208 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/objects.md): Chairs, clocks, keys, lamps and teapots, drawn from the pattern books cabinet-makers and silversmiths worked from, where every object is a clean measured elevation.
- [Transport (186 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/transport.md): Carriages, spoked wheels, ships, locomotives and bicycles from trade catalogues and engineering plates.
- [Apothecary (173 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/apothecary.md): Herbals, retorts, phials and remedies. The old pharmacy, from Culpeper and Blackwell through to laboratory glass.
- [Anatomical (156 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/anatomical.md): Skulls, hearts, hands and skeletal studies from historical anatomical atlases.
- [Memento Mori (153 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/death.md): Skulls, skeletons, hourglasses and tomb carving from the memento mori tradition.
- [Fungi (144 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/fungi.md): Mushrooms, toadstools, bracket fungi and lichens from mycological iconographies.
- [Whimsigoth (136 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/whimsigoth.md): Moons, stars, zodiac symbols, serpents and open hands for a mystical, witchy mood.
- [Egyptian (133 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/egyptian.md): Ankhs, scarabs, lotus motifs and hieroglyphic borders from Egyptological plates.
- [Celestial (105 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/celestial.md): Moon phases, constellations, zodiac figures and star charts from historical atlases.
- [Chinoiserie (103 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/chinoiserie.md): Peonies, cranes, pagodas and fretwork in the European chinoiserie decorative style.
- [Steampunk (87 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/steampunk.md): Brass, cogs, boilers and airships. The machine age as it drew itself, pulled together from engineering, flight and clockwork plates.
- [Chinese (78 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/chinese.md): Cloud scrolls, dragons, peonies and lattice fretwork from Chinese ornament sources.
- [Astronomical Volvelles (34 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/cyberpunk.md): Paper volvelles from Apian's Astronomicum Caesareum: layered star discs, planetary dials, moon phase wheels and zodiac calendars.
- [Celtic (20 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/celtic.md): Interlaced knotwork, spirals and carved crosses recorded from standing stones and metalwork.
- [Angels & Demons (13 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/angels-demons.md): Winged figures and horned ones. Dore's seraphim and the engraved imps of the Dictionnaire Infernal, from the century that illustrated both with equal care.

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