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Vintage illustration classic children's story book image from Aesop's Fables, The Fox, the 'Rooster' and the Dog. The moral of the story is that cunning often outwits itself. Here the fox has chased the rooster into the tree.

"He Gazed at Her, His Face Smiling," for "Tiphaiine la Fée" by Elizabeth Shippen Green. April 1906. Vintage illustration love and romance classic fairy tales story book image featuring a prince and a princess, the knight is her hero, coming to rescue the damsel in distress in the gardens by the castle.

Vintage illustration black and white Victorian Era nursery rhymes classic children's story book image by Charles Robinson. An old woman, Mother Goose, is riding on a beautiful white bird about to fly with a full moon in the background. From the Big Book of Nursery Rhymes, 1903.

Vintage illustration children's book of verses by Chloe Preston from the book Somebody's Darlings, 1915.

Vintage illustration children's book of verses by Chloe Preston from the book Somebody's Darlings, 1915. I've invited my dollies to come to tea, We've cream and sugar, and cakes as you see, My dollies look tidy and good as can be.

Vintage illustration children's book of verses by Chloe Preston from the book Somebody's Darlings, 1915. Air balloons so big and bright, They're a truly lovely sight, Don't let go the string, or they To the sky will float away!

Vintage illustration classic s nursery rhyme story book image, Little Bo Peep, by Mary Lafetra Russell featuring a cute little farmer girl in a field on her farm. Little Bo-Peep has lost her sheep, And can't tell where to find them, Leave them alone, And they'll come home, Wagging their tails behind them.

Vintage illustration classic children's nursery rhyme story book image, Pease Porridge Hot, by Mary Lafetra Russell featuring three cute boys and girls sitting on a bench eating their breakfast. The siblings (a brother with his sisters) are sitting underneath a window with curtains and flowers on the sill. Pease porridge hot, pease porridge cold, Pease porridge in the pot, nine days old, Some like it hot, some like it cold, Some like it in the pot, nine days old.

Vintage illustration classic children's nursery rhyme story book image, Georgie Porgie, by Mary Lafetra Russell featuring cute little girls and boys playing games. Georgie Porgie, Puddin' and Pie, Kissed the girls and made them cry, When the boys came out to play Georgie Porgie ran away.

The Stuff that Dreams Are Made of by John Anster Christian Fitzgerald. Vintage illustration Victorian Era children's fairy tale story book image featuring fairies dancing around a sleeping, dreaming princess asleep in her bed in a castle. A magical classic "Fairy Fitzgerald" theme.

Vintage illustration classic children's fairy tales image of Little Red Riding Hood, meeting the big bad wolf in the forest. She is on her way to grandmother's house carrying a basket full of goodies. From the book 'The Fairy Tale Book; The Best Popular Fairy Stories Selected and Rendered Anew', 1913. Illustrated by by Warwick Goble.

Vintage illustration classic children's fairy tales and nursery rhymes image from the story of the Moon Maiden faery with wings and beautiful peacock tail feathers from Japan. From the book 'Green Willow and Other Japanese Fairy Tales', 1910. Illustrated by Warwick Goble.

Vintage illustration fairy tales design featuring 3 beautiful, whimsical fairies frolicking around colorful poppies in a garden. Three Spirits Filled with Joy by Warwick Goble. Originally created for the "Book of Fairy Poetry" written by Robert Louis Stevenson, 1920. Three magical fairies with wings having fun dancing and flying around the blooming poppy flowers in the spring. A design that symbolizes sisters or forever best friends, eternal friendship.

Vintage illustrations fairy tales image featuring the Bremen town Musicians. In the story a donkey, a dog, a cat, and a rooster, all past their prime years in life and usefulness on their farms, were soon to be discarded by their masters. One by one they leave their homes and set out together. They decide to go to Bremen, known for its freedom, to live without owners and become musicians there.

Vintage illustration fairy tales image from the story The Twelve Dancing Princesses by Kay Rasmus Nielsen from the story book In Powder and Crinoline, 1913. A beautiful love and romance prince and princess fantasy ballroom dance scene with royalty, rich people dressed in elegant and fancy clothes having a party. Women are dancing with women.

Vintage illustration fairy tales image from the story The Three Princesses in the Blue Mountain by Kay Rasmus Nielsen from the book East of the Sun and West of the Moon: Old Tales from the North, 1922. A fantasy scene with three beautiful women wearing crowns with a strong wind blowing. The sisters are in a garden with daisy flowers and a single yellow rose swaying in a gentle breeze. "Just as they bent down to take the rose a big dense snow drift came and carried them away."

Vintage illustration fairy tales image The Minon Minette by Kay Rasmus Nielsen from the book In Powder and Crinoline, 1913. A fantasy scene with a fancy woman wearing a long flowing dress and a hat with a feather is riding a beautiful stallion horse decorated with floral roses flowers, the royal Princess Minon-Minette rides out into the world to find Prince Souci.

Vintage illustration classic children's fairy tale story book image from Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp. Aladdin has rubbed the magic lamp and the Genie has come out in a puff of smoke to grant him three magical wishes!

Vintage illustration Victorian classic children's fairy tale story book image, Thumbelina by Eleanor Vere Gordon Boyle, 1872. A tiny young woman is sad and crying sitting on a lily pad in a pond filled with fish. A butterfly is trying to console the girl. They are in a magical forest filled with creatures and nature. Thumbelina (aka Tommelise) was originally written by Hans Christian Andersen.

Vintage illustration human health and anatomy drawing featuring organs, lungs, blood vessels, coronary veins and a heart. Great design for science and biology geeks.

Vintage illustration Victorian Science Fiction futuristic travel and transportation steam punk image. A hot air balloon (a dirigible) with wings flying over the ocean with ships. A castle is on land and a crowd of people are on the shore by the sea. A classic retro comic book sci fi design of the future.

Vintage illustration celestial design featuring the night sky and an early astronomer.

Vintage illustration science and business image. Healthcare design featuring a dentist with a child in his office, the man is about to start cleaning teeth.

Vintage illustration science and business image. Healthcare design featuring a nurse tending to a wounded soldier. The woman is trying to help the nearly unconscious man drink a glass of water. She is tending to his injuries and illness, but it's unclear how sick he really is or whether he can become healthy again.

Vintage illustration science and human anatomy skeleton design by Denis Diderot. Anatomie plate number II, human anatomy study of a standing figure in a naturalistic pose in simple landscape background.

Vintage illustration science and business image. Healthcare design featuring a doctor examining a young child with his mother or grandmother next to him at the hospital. The man is listening to the boy's heart and lungs with a stethoscope to determine how sick he is and what his treatment should be. Homeopathy for an alternative method for healing and to obtain health. At this point the doctor doesn't know what the illness is.

Vintage illustration science and business image. Healthcare design featuring a doctor and a nurse helping a senior, elderly patient walk around his hospital room. They are uncertain of a course of treatment for his illness. Homeopathy for an alternative method for healing and to obtain health. The aging man is possibly suffering from Alzheimer's or dementia.

Vintage illustration science and business image. Healthcare design featuring a doctor examining a young, sick, child in his office by checking her heart rate, lungs and breathing with a stethoscope. Hopefully she will recover fast from her illness to become healthy and strong again.

Vintage illustration science and business image. Healthcare design featuring a doctor examining a young, sick, child in his office by looking at his tonsils and throat. The boy's mother is there happy to seeing that her son is healthy.

Vintage illustration science and business image. Healthcare design featuring nurses in uniform caring for newborn baby infants in the hospital nursery. The women are wearing surgical masks to protect the babies from germs while they are feeding and rocking them. An OBGYN doctor walks away presumably to deliver another baby.

Vintage illustration science and business image. Healthcare design featuring a nurse in uniform carrying a newborn baby infant. She is leaving the hospital with the family, helping them to their car to take the new, healthy baby home. The grandparents, mother, father, brother and sister are all there to greet the baby girl wrapped in a pink blanket.

Vintage illustration science and business image. Healthcare design featuring a nurse in uniform carrying a tray with medical instruments into an operating room in a hospital. Homeopathy would be an alternative method for healing and to obtain health.

Vintage illustration science and business image. Healthcare design featuring a child bringing a pharmacist a prescription for medication. The girl is shopping at a drugstore so her family can get healthy. Homeopathy would be an alternative method for healing and to obtain health.

Vintage illustration science and business image. Healthcare design featuring a team of medical professionals wearing scrubs performing surgery in the emergency room in a hospital. Doctor with a scalpel during a medical procedure.

Vintage illustration science and business image. Healthcare design featuring a smiling nurse in a uniform with a hat. She is holding a glass of water for a patient in a hospital bed to help get him healthy. A beautiful bouquet of blooming spring flowers in a vase. Homeopathy for an alternative method for healing and to obtain health.

Vintage illustration human health and anatomy drawing featuring the throat and chest cavity. The throat consists of the pharynx, larynx, esophagus and trachea. Here you can see the major arteries and veins that are carrying blood to and from the heart in the chest cavity. Great design for science and biology geeks.