Vintage Children's Illustrations

A collection of nostalgic trade cards featuring charming illustrations of children in various playful and historical scenarios, with a vintage aesthetic.

A boating party : a gentleman, braces lowered, lights a cigarette while his lady friends feed the swans. Date: 1886

Three boys, two in harness being driven by a third on a half shelled walnut.. Three boys, two in harness being driven by a third on a half shelled walnut.

Small figure piece , Dance. Louis Prang & Company Collection

Man and woman in historical costume standing by the water with her parasol in the water. , People, Umbrellas, 19th Century American Trade Cards

A boating party : a gentleman, braces lowered, lights a cigarette while his lady friends feed the swans. Date: 1886

The soiled pants are going to be washed with Borax Soap. , Older people, Children, Cats, Household soap, 19th Century American Trade Cards

Mendenhall-Pioneer Florist of the North-West, Trade Cards, 19th Century

Picture series fairy tale Little Red Riding Hood, should bring cake to her grandmother, digitally restored reproduction of a collectors picture from c. 1900

Serie Kinderreime, keine Rose ohne Dornen / Series nursery rhymes, no rose without thorns, Liebigbild, digital improved reproduction of a collectible image from the Liebig company, estimated from 1900, pd / digital restaurierte Reproduktion eines Sammelbildes von ca 1900, gemeinfrei.

A boy and a girl on the beach. Date: circa 1880

Put me off at Buffalo! - Illustration shows passengers, in a railroad sleeping car, telling the porter to make sure to put them "off at Buffalo" so they can visit the Pan-American Exposition. May 1901

Postcard, historical, couple, engaged, happy, embrace, kiss,

Five boys looking at a Zeppelin, 1895 - 1950 drawing There are five boys in a meadow. They have two kites with them and look and point to the air where a zeppelin floats. Verso pencil studies. cardboard. India ink (ink). pencil pen meadow, pasture (+ landscape with figures, staffage). boy (child between toddler and youth). (flying a) kite. 46C35 airship, zeppelin

'Leap Year' - A Sure Bait A rich woman sits on the riverbank, loading up her hook with her riches ('LSD' - pounds shillings and pence) - a 'sure bait' for the mass of suitors she has already caught! On a Leap Year, a woman can ask for a man's hand in marriage - she is taking her pick! circa 1910s

Always busy, 1903 - 1919 print Leaf with 6 performances of activities for girls, including representations of a girl who wipes and a girl who sews. Numbered at the top right: No. 178. Publisher: The BEPRITER: Haarlem paper letterpress printing sweeping (~ cleaning the house). sewing. watering plants

Print made by Robert Barnes, 1840-1895, British, The Grandmother with her Grandchildren, undated. Wood-engraving with watercolor on thick, slightly textured, cream card mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper.

Bilderserie Kinder als Musikanten mit einem Instrument aus einer Liebigdose: Dudelsackspieler / Series of pictures of children as musicians with an instrument from a Liebig box: bagpipe player, digital improved reproduction of a collectible image from the Liebig company, estimated from 1900, pd / digital restaurierte Reproduktion eines Sammelbildes von ca 1900, gemeinfrei.

Caricature in L'Assiette du Beurre, 1906, depicting a poor French Family

Commissioner, from the Occupations for Women series (N166) for Old Judge and Dogs Head Cigarettes 1887 Issued by Goodwin & Company The "Occupations for Women" series of trading cards (N166) was issued by Goodwin & Company in 1887 to promote Old Judge and Dogs Head Cigarettes. The Metropolitan Museum of Art owns all 50 cards in the series, as well as three duplicate cards.. Commissioner, from the Occupations for Women series (N166) for Old Judge and Dogs Head Cigarettes 400763

Boy holding a book about to be hit with a snowball.. Boy holding a book about to be hit with a snowball.

Man looking at a blank poster, hands on a low wall. , Men, Posters, Stone walls, 19th Century American Trade Cards

A delightful postcard illustrated by Lance Thackeray, entitled 'A Good Rainfall' from the 'Amateur Gardening' series. A girl watering her high hedge soaks her male companion and then tells him to go and get dry! Date: 1906

Woman carrying a mongrel puppy in her fur muff. Date: 1914

Fashionable couple driving in a one-horse whiskey carriage or gig in Longchamps, Paris, Year V, 1797. Woman in bonnet, spencer jacket over low-cut dress. Handcoloured lithograph by R.V. after an illustration by Francois Courboin from Octave Uzannes Fashion in Paris, William Heinemann, London, 1898.

Little girl with red flowers , Girls, Flowers. Louis Prang & Company Collection

Life Insurance Society "Utrecht"/ Voorzorg/ De Vruits/ Life insurance means food and clothing, housing and upbringing if the head that now makes plans and the hand that is now working, resting under the green sod.

Too Many Cooks 1900-1913 England. Pen and black ink, over graphite, on cream board . Katherine May Roberts

Mother and her three children waiting at the garden gate for their father's return Date: 1891

C. Gilbert's Corn Starch, Buffalo, N.Y. , Women, Food, 19th Century American Trade Cards

Woman and dog at an overdew kar in handschuhsheim.leaf 19 recto from a sketchbook with 69 sheets.

Easter Greetings Nostalgia

'Why didn't you stay single ' Date: circa 1908

Matthew Arnold (1822-1888) and his niece, 1904.Artist: Max Beerbohm

Going to the sewing society with Willimantic thread. , Girls, Horses, Umbrellas, Carts & wagons, Thread, Cotton, 19th Century American Trade Cards

With Heartiest Christmas Greetings 1907 Nostalgia Cards

Illustration of russian song, ""Terenka planned to marry"", 1897 - fragment

The Croquet Player James Tissot (1836-1902 French) Private Collection

The baby, or going to the bath , Girls, Infants. Louis Prang & Company Collection

"Doddy and Her Pets" - a little girl sits in a chair, surrounded by three dogs, and a cat on her lap. Date: 1886

Series Alsatian Folk Scenes, Alsace (1878) (Paris), Woman giving soup to two boys, Liebig picture, historical, digitally restored reproduction of a collectors picture from c. 1900

The Ice Pond, Nostalgia Cards

Tea Party for Two Outside 1866-1901 England. Pen and red-brown ink, with brush and red-brown wash, on cream wove card . Kate Greenaway

Three Little Women, Nostalgia Cards

KNUND ZEEUW GIRD, Simon MOLLIJN, 1918 print A young woman in Zeeland traditional costumes is knitting in a field. On the Horizon the Sint-Lievens monster tower of Zierikzee. paper folk costume, regional costume. adolescent, young woman, maiden. knitting Sint-Lievens Monster Tower

Woman with child, Jurriaan Cootwijck, After Cornelis Dusart, 1724 - 1798 print An old lady. She wears a baby in her arms. print maker: Amsterdamafter drawing by: Haarlem paper etching mother and child(ren), woman and child(ren) (family group)

Children with hoops.. Greenaway, Kate (1846-1901). Illustrations. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. Cities & towns, Markets, Hats , 1800-1899, Children , Clothing & dress , 1800-1899, Hoops (toys)

Girl with dog on a street corner, 1915 drawing A girl stands on a street corner in front of the window of a milk shop. She has a dog in her arms. An old woman with umbrella, a young man and two boys pass the girl. paper. cardboard. India ink (ink). pencil pen street (+ city(-scape) with figures, staffage). girl (child between toddler and youth). dog. shop-window, show-window

A group of young ladies and gentlemen on a picnic by a river Date: 1879

A scene from The Real Princess depicting them discovering that she is in fact a real princess because she was able to feel the pea through all of the mattresses and quilts. Date: 1948

May Day Kate Greenaway (1846-1901 British) Pen Watercolored The Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, CA

An old imposition, 1893: Print shows President Cleveland as a railroad conductor collecting fares from William McKinley, who is holding a ticket labelled 'War Tariff Pass' and an elderly man, dressed as an infant labelled 'Infant Industries' on his lap. The infant holds a pacificer connected to a bottle labelled 'Protection Pap'.

Series modern technology, the navy, woman playing with a model of a submarinedigitally restored reproduction of a Liebig collector's picture from c. 1...

Child playing with toy soldiers and trumpet. , Children, Toys, Brass instruments, 19th Century American Trade Cards

Middle Ages. 15th century. The book seller. Engraving by Gerlier from "Costumes de Paris a travers les siecles", 1887. Colored.

Funny old Hamburg, colourful, dance, couple, man, woman, curls, fun, pleasure, leisure, elegant, fashion, interior, historical illustration about 1892

KOSSAK Wojciech Girl and a soldier standing guard Vistula

A Norwegian girl helps a friend put on her cross country skis. Another friend is ready to go behind. Date: circa 1906

Little mothers , Girls, Dolls, Laundry, Wash tubs. Louis Prang & Company Collection

Serie verschiedene Arten von Brunnen, kleiner Ziehbrunnen vor einem Bauernhaus, Bauersfrau und Magd beim Wasserholen / Series different types of wells, small draw well in front of a farmhouse, farmer's wife and maid fetching water, Liebigbild, digital improved reproduction of a collectible image from the Liebig company, estimated from 1900, pd / digital restaurierte Reproduktion eines Sammelbildes von ca 1900, gemeinfrei.

Campaign number' Columbia standing between President Theodore Roosevelt and Alton B. Parker, each kneeling on one knee, about to kiss her hands.

Erotic scene from the Victorian era, man and woman having sex in bed and a secret observer, after a painting by Peter Fendi (1796-1842) from the series Enjoy Love, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

Two girls do a doll in bath, c. 1916 - c. 1917 photomechanical print In a children's bedroom, a girl is squatting with a bath with a sponge in her hand. There is a doll in the bath. Next to the bath, a second girl watches with a towel around her arm. paper bedroom. (playing with) dolls. tub-bath

Squire's Ball, London, England c. 1890 Richard Caton Woodville II (1856-1927/British) Engraving Culver Pictures Inc.

1910s COUPLE KISSING MAN LEANING OVER COUNTER TO KISS SALESWOMAN ILLUSTRATION BY PAUL STAHR FOR LIFE

James Pyle's Pearline - my busy day. James Pyle's Pearline - my busy day

Genrebilder XIV, Paris, 1878, two girls admiring piled up up pots, Liebig picture, historical, digitally restored reproduction of a collectors picture from c. 1900

Sara Crewe sacrifices five of her six buns and gives them to a hungry girl. Date: First published: 1905

Sailor with a monocle looking at a woman with an umbrelly on a pier overlooking the water. , Adults, Umbrellas, Sailors, Piers & wharves, Bodies of water, 19th Century American Trade Cards

Winter - two girls ice skating on ice with sign saying Dangerous, circa 1874

Images Series Small People, Child, boy with Red Hat and toys / Bilderserie Kleines Volk, Kind, Junge mit Roter Mütze und Spielzeug, digital improved reproduction of a collectible image from the Liebig company, estimated from 1900, pd / digital verbesserte Reproduktion eines Sammelbildes von ca 1900, gemeinfrei.

Bilderserie Kinder und Sprichworte: Sonne Mond und Sterne, ich gehe mit meiner Laterne, meine Laterne ist hübsch und fein, morgen soll die Hochzeit sein / Picture series children and proverbs: sun moon and stars, I walk with my lantern, my lantern is pretty and fine, tomorrow shall be the wedding, digital improved reproduction of a collectible image from the Liebig company, estimated from 1900, pd / digital restaurierte Reproduktion eines Sammelbildes von ca 1900, gemeinfrei.

Four bored schoolgirls at a Board School. Date: 1891

Suissesse , Girls, Pitchers, Drinking vessels, 19th Century American Trade Cards

Three white boys bully a black boy. On a street there are three white boys in coats and with hats. They call insults to a black boy who passes. The black boy wears a winter coat, scarf and hat and has a bag under the arm.

Caricature of two men and a woman who eat an ice cream, Louis-Léopold Boilly, 1825 print Paris paper ice-cream

Kissing Couple 1908 Nostalgia Cards

People in traditional costumes, fashion, clothes, costumes in Norway, Southern Norway around the 19th century, illustration, Norway, Europe

English gentleman courting a young lady in a restaurant in an inn, 19th century. Woman in black crinoline with garland of flowers in her hair. Interior of an inn on a stage coach road. Billy Pringle Sr. helping Miss Willing to find her ring dropped under the table. The ancestors of our hero. Handcoloured steel engraving after an illustration by John Leech from Robert Smith Surtees Ask Mamma, or the Richest Commoner in England, Bradbury and Evans., London, 1858.

The early 1900s caption reads: "The bondswoman and Olaf her son sat in the morning sunshineson of Hoskuld." Olaf the Peacock or Olaf (c. 938-1006) was a merchant and chieftain of the early Icelandic Commonwealth, who was nicknamed "the Peacock" because of his proud bearing and magnificent wardrobe. Olaf was the son of Hoskuld Dala-Kollsson, a chieftain who lived in the Laxardal region, and of a slave woman. Olaf and slave woman are pictured here.

Woman with 2 children 1910, Two girls, one swinging high, surrounded by lush vegetation in a vintage style, Historical photo

Album Tangoville-sur-Mer - a couple on a sofa surrounded by unidentified characters and dancing; "Ah princess, to comlect in this Jansen sofa, it's tangling better yet! SEM (Georges Goursat, says - 1863-1934) / Saud� Jean. "Album Tangoville-sur-Mer - A couple Survising a sofa surrounded by unidentified characters and dancing;" Ah princess, spreading in this Jansen sofa, it's tangoo better! "". Color lithography.

'It's easy to dye with Diamond Dyes.' , Women, Girls, Cats, Dyeing, 19th Century American Trade Cards

Postcard, historic, couple, skiff, romantic, in love,

Cavalier and Maid in Spanish Costume, George Augustus Sala, 1828-1895, British, undated, Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 5 3/16 × 4 3/8 inches (13.2 × 11.1 cm), cavalier (soldier), costume, figure study, Spanish, woman

Picture series Children from other countries, Scotland, children sitting in the park, kilt, digitally restored reproduction of a collector's picture from c. 1900

Vanity Fair: Sports, Miscellaneous: Carriages; 'Four-in-hand', Baron Adolph Wilhelm Deichman, May 14, 1903, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1903, Chromolithograph

Francia, siglo XV. Vendedor ambulante de libros de plegarias y abecedarios en París.

To My Sweet Valentine, Valentine's Day

Series Genre Pictures VIII, Paris, 1878, Messenger with a pannier delivering a letter, Liebig picture, historical, digitally restored reproduction of a collectors picture from c. 1900

The baby, or going to the bath , Girls, Infants. Louis Prang & Company Collection

Man with can and wine glass (variant B). A man keeps a can and a wine glass in the hands. Behind him an old woman with a paper in hand.

Street musician with dog. A street musician with a drum on his back and a bird cage in his hand. A dog walks next to him on the leash.

. A man in summer dress converses with a Manchurian woman, recognizable from her large shoes and broad hairstyle. The books and writing materials in the cabinet suggest that she is well educated. The four plaques in this series are still in their original Chinese lacquer frames.

A young man and woman dress after sexual encounter in a hayloft. 19th century France. French illustration 1890

Punting - pushing off from the bank. "I can just Manage" Date: 1902

We have bought Prang's Christmas cards. Poster depicting children carrying Prang's cards.. Comins, Elizabeth B. (Elizabeth Barker). Proofs, Posters. 1865 - 1899. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Children

Chinese nursery maid and two children, 18th century. She wears cotton clothes, while the children wear silk. A parasol lies on the ground. Une bonne et deux enfans. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by William Alexander from J-B. Eyries La Chine: Costumes, Moeurs et Usages des Chinois,China: Costumes, Manners and Mores of the Chinese, Librairie de Gide Fils, Paris, 1822. Jean-Baptiste Eyries(1767-1846) was aFrenchgeographer, author and translator.

A woman with her hair dressed in an enormously high chignon sitting next to a table upon which are placed a pair of scissors and a bottle of hair tonic. Coloured line block by Robé ().

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