# macabre vector art

> Published macabre 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.

- **Open the tag:** https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/tag/macabre
- **Collection listings:** 141
- **Across:** 13 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

- [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.
- [Dark Academia](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/dark-academia.md): Anatomy, moths, lettering and architecture drawn together into one studious, shadowed look.
- [Gothic](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/gothic.md): Tracery, crosses, ravens, skulls and pointed arches for high-contrast gothic work.
- [Whimsigoth](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/whimsigoth.md): Moons, stars, zodiac symbols, serpents and open hands for a mystical, witchy mood.
- [Memento Mori](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/death.md): Skulls, skeletons, hourglasses and tomb carving from the memento mori tradition.
- [Borders & Frames](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/borders.md): Borders, frames, corner pieces and cartouches to run around a sign, tag or panel.
- [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.
- [Birds](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/birds.md): Songbirds, owls and waterfowl, with the eggs, nests and feathers that go with them.
- [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.
- [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.

## Pieces tagged macabre

- [Horned skull - Icones Animalium - 1560](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/creatures/horned-skull-icones-animalium-1560-173zqm2)
- [Bat - Icones Animalium - 1560](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/creatures/bat-icones-animalium-1560-10ad8yp)
- [Perched vulture - Icones Animalium - 1560](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/creatures/perched-vulture-icones-animalium-1560-c55939)
- [Perched crow 06 - Icones Animalium - 1560](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/creatures/perched-crow-06-icones-animalium-1560-1v1ivvj)
- [Pecking crow 02 - Icones Animalium - 1560](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/creatures/pecking-crow-02-icones-animalium-1560-gabfbx)
- [Perched crow 08 - Icones Animalium - 1560](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/creatures/perched-crow-08-icones-animalium-1560-1ir23o9)
- [Perched crow 07 - Icones Animalium - 1560](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/creatures/perched-crow-07-icones-animalium-1560-1ctdo3p)
- [Scorpion 02 - Icones Animalium - 1560](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/creatures/scorpion-02-icones-animalium-1560-bscos2)
- [Beast skeleton - Monstrorum Historia - 1609](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/creatures/beast-skeleton-monstrorum-historia-1609-pqc03k)
- [Serpent-tailed beast - Monstrorum Historia - 1609](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/creatures/serpent-tailed-beast-monstrorum-historia-1609-eo8gya)
- [Wolf devouring a fallen king - Atalanta Fugiens: Emblemata Nova de Secretis Naturae - 1618](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/creatures/wolf-devouring-a-fallen-king-atalanta-fugiens-emblemata-nova-de-7zdw69)
- [Vulture on a branch - Icones Animalium - 1560](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/creatures/vulture-on-a-branch-icones-animalium-1560-8nvnel)
- [Perched magpie - Icones Animalium - 1560](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/creatures/perched-magpie-icones-animalium-1560-1panr7u)
- [Perched crow 05 - Icones Animalium - 1560](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/creatures/perched-crow-05-icones-animalium-1560-9ca11t)
- [Perched crow 02 - Icones Animalium - 1560](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/creatures/perched-crow-02-icones-animalium-1560-1jdwffl)
- [Perched crow 04 - Icones Animalium - 1560](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/creatures/perched-crow-04-icones-animalium-1560-144nvko)
- [Pecking crow 01 - Icones Animalium - 1560](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/creatures/pecking-crow-01-icones-animalium-1560-oaacz3)
- [Perched crow 01 - Icones Animalium - 1560](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/creatures/perched-crow-01-icones-animalium-1560-27ii1z)
- [Perched crow 03 - Icones Animalium - 1560](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/creatures/perched-crow-03-icones-animalium-1560-1vw5d7a)
- [Scorpion 01 - Icones Animalium - 1560](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/creatures/scorpion-01-icones-animalium-1560-17ws72r)
- [Scorpion and shell 01 - Icones Animalium - 1560](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/creatures/scorpion-and-shell-01-icones-animalium-1560-9w48xn)
- [Hooded head blot - Kleksographien - 1890](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/figures/hooded-head-blot-kleksographien-1890-s2tl6k)
- [Winged creature blot - Kleksographien - 1890](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/figures/winged-creature-blot-kleksographien-1890-2y5zwm)
- [Horse and cart by a gallows - A History of British Birds - 1809](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/figures/horse-and-cart-by-a-gallows-a-history-of-british-birds-1809-j0vz1n)
- [Beast skeleton - Monstrorum Historia - 1609](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/dark-academia/beast-skeleton-monstrorum-historia-1609-pqc03k)
- [Perched crow 02 - Icones Animalium - 1560](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/gothic/perched-crow-02-icones-animalium-1560-1jdwffl)
- [Pecking crow 01 - Icones Animalium - 1560](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/gothic/pecking-crow-01-icones-animalium-1560-oaacz3)
- [Death in the pot vignette - A Treatise on Adulteration of Food and Culinary Poisons - 1820](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/gothic/death-in-the-pot-vignette-a-treatise-on-adulteration-of-food-and-fqvoox)
- [Perched magpie - Icones Animalium - 1560](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/gothic/perched-magpie-icones-animalium-1560-1panr7u)
- [Perched crow 05 - Icones Animalium - 1560](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/gothic/perched-crow-05-icones-animalium-1560-9ca11t)
- [Perched crow 04 - Icones Animalium - 1560](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/gothic/perched-crow-04-icones-animalium-1560-144nvko)
- [Perched crow 03 - Icones Animalium - 1560](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/gothic/perched-crow-03-icones-animalium-1560-1vw5d7a)
- [Skeleton in a beaded roundel - Quarles' Emblems - 1886](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/gothic/skeleton-in-a-beaded-roundel-quarles-emblems-1886-s59fl)
- [Beast skeleton - Monstrorum Historia - 1609](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/gothic/beast-skeleton-monstrorum-historia-1609-pqc03k)
- [Bat - Icones Animalium - 1560](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/whimsigoth/bat-icones-animalium-1560-10ad8yp)
- [Serpent-tailed beast - Monstrorum Historia - 1609](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/whimsigoth/serpent-tailed-beast-monstrorum-historia-1609-eo8gya)
- [Perched magpie - Icones Animalium - 1560](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/whimsigoth/perched-magpie-icones-animalium-1560-1panr7u)
- [Perched crow 05 - Icones Animalium - 1560](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/whimsigoth/perched-crow-05-icones-animalium-1560-9ca11t)
- [Perched crow 02 - Icones Animalium - 1560](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/whimsigoth/perched-crow-02-icones-animalium-1560-1jdwffl)
- [Pecking crow 01 - Icones Animalium - 1560](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/whimsigoth/pecking-crow-01-icones-animalium-1560-oaacz3)
- [Death in the pot vignette - A Treatise on Adulteration of Food and Culinary Poisons - 1820](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/death/death-in-the-pot-vignette-a-treatise-on-adulteration-of-food-and-fqvoox)
- [Skeleton in a beaded roundel - Quarles' Emblems - 1886](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/death/skeleton-in-a-beaded-roundel-quarles-emblems-1886-s59fl)
- [Beast skeleton - Monstrorum Historia - 1609](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/death/beast-skeleton-monstrorum-historia-1609-pqc03k)
- [Horned skull - Icones Animalium - 1560](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/death/horned-skull-icones-animalium-1560-173zqm2)
- [Crowned body laid in a stone coffin - Atalanta Fugiens: Emblemata Nova de Secretis Naturae - 1618](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/death/crowned-body-laid-in-a-stone-coffin-atalanta-fugiens-emblemata-n-4v07nu)
- [Skull with crossed bones - A Collection of Emblemes, Ancient and Moderne - 1635](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/death/skull-with-crossed-bones-a-collection-of-emblemes-ancient-and-mo-xal5s8)
- [Skeleton on a pedestal - A Collection of Emblemes, Ancient and Moderne - 1635](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/death/skeleton-on-a-pedestal-a-collection-of-emblemes-ancient-and-mode-2tn510)
- [Skull and candle on an hourglass - A Collection of Emblemes, Ancient and Moderne - 1635](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/death/skull-and-candle-on-an-hourglass-a-collection-of-emblemes-ancien-13deoa4)
- [Skull above a flaming altar - A Collection of Emblemes, Ancient and Moderne - 1635](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/death/skull-above-a-flaming-altar-a-collection-of-emblemes-ancient-and-ncx8ty)
- [Owl on a skull - A Collection of Emblemes, Ancient and Moderne - 1635](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/death/owl-on-a-skull-a-collection-of-emblemes-ancient-and-moderne-1635-uc1b0u)
- [Tree with figures and a skeleton - A Collection of Emblemes, Ancient and Moderne - 1635](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/death/tree-with-figures-and-a-skeleton-a-collection-of-emblemes-ancien-me5wsc)
- [Winged child over a skull - A Collection of Emblemes, Ancient and Moderne - 1635](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/death/winged-child-over-a-skull-a-collection-of-emblemes-ancient-and-m-1mhzt6)
- [Skull on a post - A Collection of Emblemes, Ancient and Moderne - 1635](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/death/skull-on-a-post-a-collection-of-emblemes-ancient-and-moderne-163-9o880x)
- [Skull and hourglass in a square frame - A Collection of Emblemes, Ancient and Moderne - 1635](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/borders/skull-and-hourglass-in-a-square-frame-a-collection-of-emblemes-a-1q543bq)
- [Winged hourglass on a skull in an ornate frame - A Collection of Emblemes, Ancient and Moderne - 1635](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/borders/winged-hourglass-on-a-skull-in-an-ornate-frame-a-collection-of-e-bo6cib)
- [Poison label with skull 03 - New Sample Book of Cut and Gummed Druggists' Labels - 1874](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/ephemera/poison-label-with-skull-03-new-sample-book-of-cut-and-gummed-dru-b5qq3)
- [Oxalic acid poison label 04 - New Sample Book of Cut and Gummed Druggists' Labels - 1874](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/ephemera/oxalic-acid-poison-label-04-new-sample-book-of-cut-and-gummed-dr-1tpwiwp)
- [Nitric acid poison label 02 - New Sample Book of Cut and Gummed Druggists' Labels - 1874](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/ephemera/nitric-acid-poison-label-02-new-sample-book-of-cut-and-gummed-dr-ve9g9e)
- [Skeleton poison label 03 - New Sample Book of Cut and Gummed Druggists' Labels - 1874](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/ephemera/skeleton-poison-label-03-new-sample-book-of-cut-and-gummed-drugg-c7x0wp)
- [Oxalic acid poison label 02 - New Sample Book of Cut and Gummed Druggists' Labels - 1874](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/ephemera/oxalic-acid-poison-label-02-new-sample-book-of-cut-and-gummed-dr-sgyvr5)

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