# 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:** 44
- **Files in total:** 14,941

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## Collections in this group

- [Creatures (2,165 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/creatures.md): Beasts, sea monsters, shells and insects from early natural history engravings.
- [Botanical (2,148 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/botanical.md): Flowers, ferns, leaves and wreaths traced from nineteenth-century botanical plates.
- [Alphabets & Initials (1,878 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/alphabets.md): Decorated initials, monograms and full alphabets from sign-painting and printers' books.
- [Nautical (1,217 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/nautical.md): Anchors, compass roses, whales, rigging and knots from maritime sources.
- [Medieval (1,214 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval.md): Dragons, castles, knights and manuscript borders from medieval and heraldic sources.
- [Occult (1,118 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.
- [Clocks, Watches and Jewellery (1,035 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/clocks-watches.md): Mantel clocks and painted watch dials, the tiny wheels that turned behind them, and the brooches and lockets a jeweller kept in the same window, from a supply house catalogue of 1899.
- [Heraldry (913 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/heraldry.md): Crests, shields, coats of arms, badges and crowns from heraldic handbooks.
- [Ephemera (868 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/ephemera.md): Postage stamps, postmarks, apothecary labels, tickets and seals for collage and journalling.
- [Japanese (801 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/japanese.md): Waves, koi, cranes and family crests from Japanese pattern books and Hokusai's sketchbooks.
- [Archaeology (631 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/archaeology.md): Greek vases, carved reliefs, ruins and excavated artifacts from archaeological reports.
- [Insects (608 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/insects.md): Butterflies, moths, beetles, dragonflies and bees from hand-engraved entomology plates.
- [Borders & Frames (547 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/borders.md): Borders, frames, corner pieces and cartouches to run around a sign, tag or panel.
- [Labels (509 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.
- [Birds (506 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/birds.md): Songbirds, owls and waterfowl, with the eggs, nests and feathers that go with them.
- [Figures (472 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/figures.md): Silhouettes, costume plates, dancers and portrait studies of the human figure.
- [Cottagecore (454 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/cottagecore.md): Wildflowers, songbirds, herbs and folk borders for a soft, rural, hand-made feel.
- [Architecture (397 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/architecture.md): Gothic windows, tracery, carved panels, columns and arches measured from real buildings.
- [Kitchen and Confectionery (393 files)](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.
- [Patterns & Ornaments (342 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.
- [Objects & Furniture (342 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.
- [Dark Academia (315 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/dark-academia.md): Anatomy, moths, lettering and architecture drawn together into one studious, shadowed look.
- [Gothic (291 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/gothic.md): Tracery, crosses, ravens, skulls and pointed arches for high-contrast gothic work.
- [Apothecary (269 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.
- [Mechanical (267 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.
- [Art Nouveau (236 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/art-nouveau.md): Whiplash florals, monogram panels and sinuous borders in the Art Nouveau manner.
- [Tools & Instruments (225 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.
- [Fungi (217 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/fungi.md): Mushrooms, toadstools, bracket fungi and lichens from mycological iconographies.
- [Transport (145 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/transport.md): Carriages, spoked wheels, ships, locomotives and bicycles from trade catalogues and engineering plates.
- [Celestial (139 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/celestial.md): Moon phases, constellations, zodiac figures and star charts from historical atlases.
- [Egyptian (135 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/egyptian.md): Ankhs, scarabs, lotus motifs and hieroglyphic borders from Egyptological plates.
- [Toys and Games (135 files)](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.
- [Chinoiserie (101 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/chinoiserie.md): Peonies, cranes, pagodas and fretwork in the European chinoiserie decorative style.
- [Whimsigoth (97 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/whimsigoth.md): Moons, stars, zodiac symbols, serpents and open hands for a mystical, witchy mood.
- [Chinese (91 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/chinese.md): Cloud scrolls, dragons, peonies and lattice fretwork from Chinese ornament sources.
- [Anatomical (90 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/anatomical.md): Skulls, hearts, hands and skeletal studies from historical anatomical atlases.
- [Memento Mori (88 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/death.md): Skulls, skeletons, hourglasses and tomb carving from the memento mori tradition.
- [Steampunk (73 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.
- [Vintage Tech (53 files)](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.
- [Astronomical Volvelles (28 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 (24 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/celtic.md): Interlaced knotwork, spirals and carved crosses recorded from standing stones and metalwork.
- [Penmanship and Flourishes (15 files)](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.
- [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.
- [Musical Instruments (8 files)](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.

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