# 19th century vector art

> Published 19th century 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:** 11,014
- **Across:** 37 collections
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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.
- [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.

## Pieces tagged 19th century

- [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)
- [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)
- [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)
- [Grazing long-necked beast - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/grazing-long-necked-beast-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-ccsenf)
- [Seated horned beast - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/seated-horned-beast-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-3z803u)
- [Knotted cord square 02 - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/knotted-cord-square-02-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-hw3ew1)
- [Tall foliate border panel - Historic Ornament, Vol. 1 - 1897](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/tall-foliate-border-panel-historic-ornament-vol-1-1897-1k9i0vo)
- [Grotesque panel with a figure roundel - Historic Ornament, Vol. 1 - 1897](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/grotesque-panel-with-a-figure-roundel-historic-ornament-vol-1-18-ldfiyg)
- [Muqarnas corbel - Plans, Elevations, Sections and Details of the Alhambra, Vol. 1 - 1842](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/muqarnas-corbel-plans-elevations-sections-and-details-of-the-alh-y9sn76)
- [Arabesque border band - Plans, Elevations, Sections and Details of the Alhambra, Vol. 1 - 1842](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/arabesque-border-band-plans-elevations-sections-and-details-of-t-gv6w5m)
- [Castle shield - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/castle-shield-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-1w32oj1)
- [Quartered arms shield 07 - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/quartered-arms-shield-07-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-36qo2r)
- [Twin-towered church - Historic Ornament, Vol. 1 - 1897](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/twin-towered-church-historic-ornament-vol-1-1897-1k2j8jv)
- [Ruined castle tower - Historic Ornament, Vol. 1 - 1897](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/ruined-castle-tower-historic-ornament-vol-1-1897-158nfov)
- [Foliate spandrel - Historic Ornament, Vol. 1 - 1897](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/foliate-spandrel-historic-ornament-vol-1-1897-w04z44)
- [Pierced arabesque spandrel - Plans, Elevations, Sections and Details of the Alhambra, Vol. 1 - 1842](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/pierced-arabesque-spandrel-plans-elevations-sections-and-details-yaaq4)
- [Arabesque spandrel - Plans, Elevations, Sections and Details of the Alhambra, Vol. 1 - 1842](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/arabesque-spandrel-plans-elevations-sections-and-details-of-the-vamn6k)
- [Arabesque spandrel with rosette - Plans, Elevations, Sections and Details of the Alhambra, Vol. 1 - 1842](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/arabesque-spandrel-with-rosette-plans-elevations-sections-and-de-70t1yt)
- [Birds and chevron shield - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/birds-and-chevron-shield-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-ikokgj)
- [Winged dragon shield 01 - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/winged-dragon-shield-01-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-q4pm6q)
- [Wyvern shield - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/wyvern-shield-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-1g9so66)
- [Winged dragon shield 02 - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/winged-dragon-shield-02-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-1dghfh2)
- [Beast-headed scroll - Historic Ornament, Vol. 1 - 1897](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/beast-headed-scroll-historic-ornament-vol-1-1897-fy8bju)
- [Tulip on a stem - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/tulip-on-a-stem-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-x7i9rt)
- [Crowned tudor rose - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/crowned-tudor-rose-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-1hsctii)
- [Tudor rose 01 - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/tudor-rose-01-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-laslcw)
- [Tudor rose 02 - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/tudor-rose-02-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-q94tcz)
- [Crested helm with mantling - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/crested-helm-with-mantling-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-rwf5g8)
- [Caparisoned horse - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/caparisoned-horse-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-1qh1ctp)
- [Ermine pile shield - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/ermine-pile-shield-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-u34bxe)
- [Roses on a bend shield - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/roses-on-a-bend-shield-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-17otgaz)
- [Heraldic tabard 01 - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/heraldic-tabard-01-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-kjyamz)
- [Quartered arms shield 04 - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/quartered-arms-shield-04-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-gu26ar)
- [Heraldic tabard 02 - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/heraldic-tabard-02-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-1a78yzl)
- [Curved tilting shield - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/curved-tilting-shield-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-1eofotz)
- [Blank shield outline 02 - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/blank-shield-outline-02-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-1257any)
- [Quartered arms shield 10 - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/quartered-arms-shield-10-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-k8n697)
- [Blank shield outline 01 - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/blank-shield-outline-01-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-7qtzy)
- [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)
- [Party per bend shield 02 - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/party-per-bend-shield-02-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-1mtgwgn)
- [Party per chevron shield - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/party-per-chevron-shield-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-1imbtj8)
- [Quarterly shield outline 02 - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/quarterly-shield-outline-02-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-166f7ih)
- [Quarterly shield outline 01 - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/quarterly-shield-outline-01-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-29jddd)
- [Lobed shield with a star - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/lobed-shield-with-a-star-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-sh8ecp)
- [Paly shield 02 - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/paly-shield-02-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-1tq3glw)
- [Fretty shield 01 - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/fretty-shield-01-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-rxx471)
- [Spotted shield - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/spotted-shield-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-1ubo86r)
- [Gouttes shield 02 - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/gouttes-shield-02-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-1r790h3)
- [Hatched plain shield - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/hatched-plain-shield-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-1l27yir)
- [Ermine shield 01 - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/ermine-shield-01-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-1man9x9)
- [Vair shield 02 - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/vair-shield-02-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-12bxurb)
- [Vair shield 01 - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/vair-shield-01-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-mtv0ua)
- [Masonry shield 01 - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/masonry-shield-01-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-xk5bg5)
- [Masonry shield 02 - Handbook of Heraldry - 1882](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/masonry-shield-02-handbook-of-heraldry-1882-369sx8)

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