# portrait vector art

> Published portrait vectors in the MyLaserTools Art Library, including historical illustrations and generated artwork where available. Personal and commercial use is subject to each file's source terms.

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- **Collection listings:** 5,345
- **Across:** 43 collections
- **Licence:** personal and commercial use subject to each file's source terms, https://www.mylasertools.com/licensing

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## Collections holding this subject

- [Medieval](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval.md): Dragons, castles, knights and manuscript borders from medieval and heraldic sources.
- [Japanese](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/japanese.md): Waves, koi, cranes and family crests from Japanese pattern books and Hokusai's sketchbooks.
- [Chinese](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/chinese.md): Cloud scrolls, dragons, peonies and lattice fretwork from Chinese ornament sources.
- [Botanical](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/botanical.md): Flowers, ferns, leaves and wreaths traced from nineteenth-century botanical plates.
- [Celtic](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/celtic.md): Interlaced knotwork, spirals and carved crosses recorded from standing stones and metalwork.
- [Egyptian](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/egyptian.md): Ankhs, scarabs, lotus motifs and hieroglyphic borders from Egyptological plates.
- [Celestial](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/celestial.md): Moon phases, constellations, zodiac figures and star charts from historical atlases.
- [Nautical](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/nautical.md): Anchors, compass roses, whales, rigging and knots from maritime sources.
- [Anatomical](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/anatomical.md): Skulls, hearts, hands and skeletal studies from historical anatomical atlases.
- [Creatures](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/creatures.md): Beasts, sea monsters, shells and insects from early natural history engravings.
- [Figures](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/figures.md): Silhouettes, costume plates, dancers and portrait studies of the human figure.
- [Astronomical Volvelles](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.
- [Archaeology](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/archaeology.md): Greek vases, carved reliefs, ruins and excavated artifacts from archaeological reports.
- [Dark Academia](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/dark-academia.md): Anatomy, moths, lettering and architecture drawn together into one studious, shadowed look.
- [Cottagecore](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/cottagecore.md): Wildflowers, songbirds, herbs and folk borders for a soft, rural, hand-made feel.
- [Gothic](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/gothic.md): Tracery, crosses, ravens, skulls and pointed arches for high-contrast gothic work.
- [Art Nouveau](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/art-nouveau.md): Whiplash florals, monogram panels and sinuous borders in the Art Nouveau manner.
- [Whimsigoth](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/whimsigoth.md): Moons, stars, zodiac symbols, serpents and open hands for a mystical, witchy mood.
- [Chinoiserie](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/chinoiserie.md): Peonies, cranes, pagodas and fretwork in the European chinoiserie decorative style.
- [Transport](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/transport.md): Carriages, spoked wheels, ships, locomotives and bicycles from trade catalogues and engineering plates.
- [Architecture](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/architecture.md): Gothic windows, tracery, carved panels, columns and arches measured from real buildings.
- [Memento Mori](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/death.md): Skulls, skeletons, hourglasses and tomb carving from the memento mori tradition.
- [Alphabets & Initials](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/alphabets.md): Decorated initials, monograms and full alphabets from sign-painting and printers' books.
- [Borders & Frames](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/borders.md): Borders, frames, corner pieces and cartouches to run around a sign, tag or panel.
- [Patterns & Ornaments](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.
- [Heraldry](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/heraldry.md): Crests, shields, coats of arms, badges and crowns from heraldic handbooks.
- [Ephemera](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/ephemera.md): Postage stamps, postmarks, apothecary labels, tickets and seals for collage and journalling.
- [Labels](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.
- [Insects](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/insects.md): Butterflies, moths, beetles, dragonflies and bees from hand-engraved entomology plates.
- [Fungi](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/fungi.md): Mushrooms, toadstools, bracket fungi and lichens from mycological iconographies.
- [Birds](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/birds.md): Songbirds, owls and waterfowl, with the eggs, nests and feathers that go with them.
- [Mechanical](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.
- [Tools & Instruments](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.
- [Steampunk](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.
- [Apothecary](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/apothecary.md): Herbals, retorts, phials and remedies. The old pharmacy, from Culpeper and Blackwell through to laboratory glass.
- [Occult](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.
- [Angels & Demons](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.
- [Objects & Furniture](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.
- [Kitchen and Confectionery](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/kitchen.md): Towering wedding cakes and trembling jellies with the moulds that shaped them, whisks, kettles and the kitchen range, from the cookery books and tinware catalogues of a Victorian kitchen.
- [Toys and Games](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/toys-games.md): Dolls in bonnets, rocking horses, sleds, card backs and the cups and balls of a parlour conjuror, from the toy and sporting goods catalogues of the 1880s to the 1900s.
- [Vintage Tech](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/vintage-tech.md): Wall telephones and telegraph keys, glass lamp shades, humming dynamos and bellows cameras, from the years when electric light was new and every camera folded out on bellows.
- [Musical Instruments](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/music.md): Violins, harps, lutes, drums and horns, and from the violin maker's bench the scrolls, f-holes and outlines a new instrument starts from.
- [Penmanship and Flourishes](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/penmanship.md): Swans and eagles drawn in one sweep of the pen, flourished stags and capitals, from the manuals a writing master taught from.

## Pieces tagged portrait

- [Castle shield - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/castle-shield-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-1w32oj1)
- [Ruined castle tower - Historic Ornament, Vol. 1 - 1897](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/ruined-castle-tower-historic-ornament-vol-1-1897-158nfov)
- [Stars and cross shield - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/stars-and-cross-shield-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-6vnwaj)
- [Birds and beast shield - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/birds-and-beast-shield-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-1u8pbt8)
- [Ermine bordure shield - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/ermine-bordure-shield-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-1nbwypd)
- [Studded fess shield - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/studded-fess-shield-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-77qak8)
- [Crowned royal cipher 01 - A Series of Manuals of Gothic Ornament - 1900](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/crowned-royal-cipher-01-a-series-of-manuals-of-gothic-ornament-1-ih615n)
- [Crested helm with mantling - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/crested-helm-with-mantling-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-rwf5g8)
- [Mermaid shield - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/mermaid-shield-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-1py35m9)
- [Merman shield - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/merman-shield-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-1ncdhqi)
- [Barrel and arrow - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/barrel-and-arrow-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-8rq6oq)
- [Foliate eagle shield - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/foliate-eagle-shield-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-1rqqsb4)
- [Gothic capital and shaft - Historic Ornament, Vol. 1 - 1897](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/gothic-capital-and-shaft-historic-ornament-vol-1-1897-1fdvza4)
- [Carved finial - A Series of Manuals of Gothic Ornament - 1900](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/carved-finial-a-series-of-manuals-of-gothic-ornament-1900-1011o4d)
- [Gothic tracery gable - Historic Ornament, Vol. 1 - 1897](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/gothic-tracery-gable-historic-ornament-vol-1-1897-shcw3j)
- [Winged figure ornament - Handbook of Ornament - 1900](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/winged-figure-ornament-handbook-of-ornament-1900-4ri8v)
- [Anthemion palmette 09 - Handbook of Ornament - 1900](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/anthemion-palmette-09-handbook-of-ornament-1900-o2xl17)
- [Anthemion palmette 01 - Handbook of Ornament - 1900](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/anthemion-palmette-01-handbook-of-ornament-1900-y4eyhi)
- [Rose with bud and hip - Heraldry and Floral Forms as Used in Decoration - 1922](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/rose-with-bud-and-hip-heraldry-and-floral-forms-as-used-in-decor-16uxgk0)
- [Helm and shield with mantling - Heraldry and Floral Forms as Used in Decoration - 1922](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/helm-and-shield-with-mantling-heraldry-and-floral-forms-as-used-yekqi)
- [Boar head crest on helm - Heraldry and Floral Forms as Used in Decoration - 1922](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/boar-head-crest-on-helm-heraldry-and-floral-forms-as-used-in-dec-1bi7m7f)
- [Crested helm with crowns shield - Heraldry and Floral Forms as Used in Decoration - 1922](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/crested-helm-with-crowns-shield-heraldry-and-floral-forms-as-use-1rikcle)
- [Two figures holding a shield - Heraldry and Floral Forms as Used in Decoration - 1922](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/two-figures-holding-a-shield-heraldry-and-floral-forms-as-used-i-1vqxx8s)
- [Crowned royal portrait badge - Heraldry and Floral Forms as Used in Decoration - 1922](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/crowned-royal-portrait-badge-heraldry-and-floral-forms-as-used-i-1ll94da)
- [Shield in laurel wreath panel - Heraldry and Floral Forms as Used in Decoration - 1922](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/shield-in-laurel-wreath-panel-heraldry-and-floral-forms-as-used-199niyt)
- [Crowned quartered shield with griffins - Heraldry and Floral Forms as Used in Decoration - 1922](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/crowned-quartered-shield-with-griffins-heraldry-and-floral-forms-cx8c3a)
- [Hand holding flowers - Heraldry and Floral Forms as Used in Decoration - 1922](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/hand-holding-flowers-heraldry-and-floral-forms-as-used-in-decora-doanwx)
- [Carved panel with flower vase - Heraldry and Floral Forms as Used in Decoration - 1922](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/carved-panel-with-flower-vase-heraldry-and-floral-forms-as-used-1aqr68k)
- [Caduceus mark - Early Dutch, German & English Printers' Marks - 1866](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/caduceus-mark-early-dutch-german-english-printers-marks-1866-1hpe7st)
- [Serpent on a cross mark - Early Dutch, German & English Printers' Marks - 1866](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/serpent-on-a-cross-mark-early-dutch-german-english-printers-mark-1v65crj)
- [Scrolled iron stand - Handbook of Ornament - 1900](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/scrolled-iron-stand-handbook-of-ornament-1900-1ujzi0i)
- [Foliate pendant ornament 03 - Handbook of Ornament - 1900](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/foliate-pendant-ornament-03-handbook-of-ornament-1900-1qzep8j)
- [Pendant jewel with drops - Handbook of Ornament - 1900](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/pendant-jewel-with-drops-handbook-of-ornament-1900-4iy7f6)
- [Jewelled pendant ornament 02 - Handbook of Ornament - 1900](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/jewelled-pendant-ornament-02-handbook-of-ornament-1900-11ehawm)
- [Scrolled pendant jewel 02 - Handbook of Ornament - 1900](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/scrolled-pendant-jewel-02-handbook-of-ornament-1900-wnupbn)
- [Serpent staff emblem - Handbook of Ornament - 1900](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/serpent-staff-emblem-handbook-of-ornament-1900-j0murd)
- [Winged caduceus emblem - Handbook of Ornament - 1900](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/winged-caduceus-emblem-handbook-of-ornament-1900-1fboewf)
- [Bookplate with griffin and monogram - Heraldry and Floral Forms as Used in Decoration - 1922](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/bookplate-with-griffin-and-monogram-heraldry-and-floral-forms-as-zp4atp)
- [Foliate cross finial 02 - Handbook of Ornament - 1900](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/foliate-cross-finial-02-handbook-of-ornament-1900-gifvy0)
- [Illuminated border with a dragon 01 - Illuminated Ornaments Selected from Manuscripts - 1833](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/illuminated-border-with-a-dragon-01-illuminated-ornaments-select-9wnyv2)
- [Illuminated page frame plate 01 - Illuminated Ornaments Selected from Manuscripts - 1833](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/illuminated-page-frame-plate-01-illuminated-ornaments-selected-f-188pth5)
- [Gilt table clock 01 - Dresses and Decorations of the Middle Ages - 1843](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/gilt-table-clock-01-dresses-and-decorations-of-the-middle-ages-1-1pcdpbn)
- [Stained glass panel 01 - Dresses and Decorations of the Middle Ages - 1843](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/stained-glass-panel-01-dresses-and-decorations-of-the-middle-age-bvb6zf)
- [Lady in a jewelled headdress 01 - Dresses and Decorations of the Middle Ages - 1843](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/lady-in-a-jewelled-headdress-01-dresses-and-decorations-of-the-m-b781kk)
- [Man in a ring patterned gown 01 - Dresses and Decorations of the Middle Ages - 1843](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/man-in-a-ring-patterned-gown-01-dresses-and-decorations-of-the-m-1ber70k)
- [Church interior with worshippers 01 - Dresses and Decorations of the Middle Ages - 1843](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/church-interior-with-worshippers-01-dresses-and-decorations-of-t-7une79)
- [Covered silver cup 01 - Dresses and Decorations of the Middle Ages - 1843](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/covered-silver-cup-01-dresses-and-decorations-of-the-middle-ages-pke3ko)
- [Gothic gold censer 01 - Dresses and Decorations of the Middle Ages - 1843](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/gothic-gold-censer-01-dresses-and-decorations-of-the-middle-ages-1q0ih1x)
- [Mass at an altar 01 - Dresses and Decorations of the Middle Ages - 1843](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/mass-at-an-altar-01-dresses-and-decorations-of-the-middle-ages-1-q77y0u)
- [Seated cardinal in red 01 - Dresses and Decorations of the Middle Ages - 1843](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/seated-cardinal-in-red-01-dresses-and-decorations-of-the-middle-afty2n)
- [Antelope shield - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/antelope-shield-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-1li87ks)
- [Chained stag - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/chained-stag-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-12dy7lp)
- [Quartered arms shield 07 - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/quartered-arms-shield-07-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-36qo2r)
- [Beast-headed scroll - Historic Ornament, Vol. 1 - 1897](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/beast-headed-scroll-historic-ornament-vol-1-1897-fy8bju)
- [Crowned royal cipher 02 - A Series of Manuals of Gothic Ornament - 1900](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/crowned-royal-cipher-02-a-series-of-manuals-of-gothic-ornament-1-aynouf)
- [Ermine pile shield - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/ermine-pile-shield-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-u34bxe)
- [Curved tilting shield - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/curved-tilting-shield-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-1eofotz)
- [Party per fess shield - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/party-per-fess-shield-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-1qvq5xq)
- [Party per pall shield - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/party-per-pall-shield-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-52zlan)
- [Saltire shield 01 - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/saltire-shield-01-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-10oj3tg)

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