Kororareka Beach, Bay of Islands, New Zealand
Public domain vintage photo of New Zealand, 18th-19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
John Buchanan - Fossil plant specimen. Dammarites corinata Hector
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Coast near Dunedin. Museum of New Zealand collection
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Horse and carriage, ink drawing
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Hortulus Monheimensis 00027, Ries Donau
Botanical drawings collection from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey. Public domain photograph of 17th-century botanical illustrations, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Hortulus Monheimensis 00045, Ries Donau
Botanical drawings collection from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey. Public domain scan of botanical illustration, flowers, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Hortulus Monheimensis 00085, Ries Donau
Botanical drawings collection from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey. Public domain photograph of 17th-century botanical illustrations, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Hortulus Monheimensis 00135, Ries Donau
Botanical drawings collection from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey. Public domain photograph of 17th-century botanical illustrations, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The Great Atlas moth - Marian Ellis Rowan
Insect drawings collection from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey. Public domain photograph of moth, insect, zoological illustration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Cutting a figure & that but a bad one (BM 1931,1114.103)
A man on skates about to slide, his right foot raised, a smile on his face; others on the background falling, including a man on a chair to the left. Watercolour
DV307 no.106 Snowdon 1862
Examples of artwork on a variety of subjects and in a variety of styles by Francis Elizabeth Wynne from a sketchbook (ca. 420 drawings): mixed media, including watercolour, wash and, pen and ink.
DV307 no.120 Trevelling in the Tyrch
Examples of artwork on a variety of subjects and in a variety of styles by Francis Elizabeth Wynne from a sketchbook (ca. 420 drawings): mixed media, including watercolour, wash and, pen and ink.
DV307 no.129 View in Davies St July 1865
Examples of artwork on a variety of subjects and in a variety of styles by Francis Elizabeth Wynne from a sketchbook (ca. 420 drawings): mixed media, including watercolour, wash and, pen and ink.
DV307 no.70 House where Turner was born, from a print
Examples of artwork on a variety of subjects and in a variety of styles by Francis Elizabeth Wynne from a sketchbook (ca. 420 drawings): mixed media, including watercolour, wash and, pen and ink.
DV307 no.78 Geneva Aug 1858
Examples of artwork on a variety of subjects and in a variety of styles by Francis Elizabeth Wynne from a sketchbook (ca. 420 drawings): mixed media, including watercolour, wash and, pen and ink.
DV342 Ullswater from Pooley Bridge
The English Lakes. Selected views from a sketchbook (36 drawings) : mixed media, including watercolour and pencil ; 27 x 40 cm.
Pillar of Eliseg watercolour, A tour in Wales by Thomas Pennant (1726-...
An image from a set of 8 extra-illustrated volumes of A tour in Wales by Thomas Pennant (1726-1798) that chronicle the three journeys he made through Wales between 1773 and 1776. These volumes are unique becaus... More
Vaenol house, watercolour
An image from a set of 8 extra-illustrated volumes of A tour in Wales by Thomas Pennant (1726-1798) that chronicle the three journeys he made through Wales between 1773 and 1776. These volumes are unique becaus... More
Frost, William Edward - himself - 1839
by William Edward Frost, pencil and watercolour, 1839 Public domain photograph of 19th-century male portrait painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Thomas Barnes
Thomas Barnes by Sir William John Newton watercolour and bodycolour on ivory, 1832 4 3/4 in. x 3 5/8 in. (121 mm x 91 mm) Bequeathed by Sir William Haley, 1989 Primary Collection NPG 6064
Marthyre de S. Sebastien by L. Bakst 19
Эскизы костюмов к мистерии Г. Д’Аннунцио «Мучения святого Себастьяна». Труппа Иды Рубинштейн, театр Шатле, Париж Léon Bakst 1866 - 1924 COSTUME DESIGN FOR THE MARTYRDOM OF SAN SEBASTIAN signed in Latin l.r.; fu... More
'Portrait of M Rose Herschel aged 7 by her sister Maria, aged 11' RMG ...
'Portrait of M Rose Herschel aged 7 by her sister Maria, aged 11' A small watercolour of Matilda Rose Herschel by her sister Sophia Maria Herschel. Drawing lessons formed an essential part of the education of a... More
'Portrait of M Rose Herschel aged 7 by her sister Maria, aged 11' RMG ...
'Portrait of M Rose Herschel aged 7 by her sister Maria, aged 11' A small watercolour of Matilda Rose Herschel by her sister Sophia Maria Herschel. Drawing lessons formed an essential part of the education of a... More
'V82 German Destroyer in Fountain Lake' RMG PW2085, William Lionel Wyl...
'V82 German Destroyer in Fountain Lake' Inscribed by the artist, as title, lower left. This watercolour study shows the former German destroyer 'V82', launched on 5 July 1916, and which her crew scuttled with t... More
'Wady Halfeh. 1.P.M. Feby 5. 1867 (350)' RMG PU9105
'Wady Halfeh. 1.P.M. Feby 5. 1867 (350)' This watercolour of a large Nile craft berthed on a shallow stretch of the river’s bank was taken by Edward Lear in the early afternoon on 5 January 1867 during the arti... More
'Whitby' RMG PW2107, William Lionel Wyllie
'Whitby' A view across Whitby harbour at low water, possibly at dawn. There are two fishing boats, possibly Scottish, moored in the River Esk in the foreground, and to the right of them what may be a Yorkshire ... More
(Recto) Sketch of Port Mahon, 12 November 1851; (Verso) study of HMS '...
(Recto) Sketch of Port Mahon, 12 November 1851; (Verso) study of HMS 'Queen' at Malta, 3 March 1852 No. 13 of 36 (PAI0849 - PAI0884). (Recto) Inscribed top left 'Port Mahon / Novr 12th 51' and top right 'Quee... More
Opening of Tower Bridge RMG PW0947, William Lionel Wyllie
Opening of Tower Bridge A watercolour of the celebrations and pageantry at the opening of Tower Bridge in 1894, at which Wyllie and his wife were present. Beneath are a number of colour trials. Tower Bridge bec... More
Rio de Janeiro RMG PW2021, William Lionel Wyllie
Rio de Janeiro A cruise to South America is not recorded in 'We Were One' (1935), M.A. Wyllie's memoir of her husband, but this and other watercolours are evidence that the Wyllie's visited Rio. Another drawing... More
Sketch for 'A Tale of Trafalgar' showing a Greenwich pensioner, a Chel...
Sketch for 'A Tale of Trafalgar' showing a Greenwich pensioner, a Chelsea pensioner and other visitors in the Painted Hall A watercolour wash study set in the entrance vestibule of the Painted Hall at Greenwich... More
Study of gunfire from HMS 'New Zealand' RMG PV2719, William Lionel Wyl...
Study of gunfire from HMS 'New Zealand' Inscribed by the artist, lower right 'New Zealand'. Wyllie's identification of the ship, seen here in stern view, has to be accepted from the lack of detail to confirm it... More
Assyria, Arabia, Croatia a, Augsburg, Bavaria
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Ireland, Augsburg, Bavaria
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The Orient, Augsburg, Bavaria
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Bird Album e
Ornithology drawings collection from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey. Public domain photograph of 18th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Bird Album f
Ornithology drawings collection from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey. Public domain photograph of 18th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Bird Album h (detail)
Ornithology drawings collection from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey. Public domain scan of drawing, Birds, 19th-century zoological illustration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl ... More
Cat bird, Isaac Sprague
Ornithology drawings collection from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey. Public domain scan - Bird, 19th-century zoological illustration print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Cedar waxwing, Isaac Sprague
Ornithology drawings collection from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey. Public domain scan - Bird, 19th-century zoological illustration print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Chipping Sparrow, Isaac Sprague
Ornithology drawings collection from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey. Public domain scan - Bird, 19th-century zoological illustration print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
A korero; Te Rangihaeata addressing the Governor-in-Chief (Sir George ...
[Oliver, Richard Aldworth] 1811-1889 :[A korero ; Te Rangihaeata addressing the Governor-in-Chief (Sir George Grey) at Waikanae, 1851] Reference Number: C-054-018 Shows Sir George Grey, seated, Te Rangihaeata w... More
Horses - Cheval s'abreuvant by L.Bakst (priv.coll)
Cheval s'abreuvant. Pencil, watercolour and gouache on laid paper, laid on cardboard, 33 by 48.5 cm. Provenance: Formerly in the collection of Berthe Tsipkevitch, the artist’s niece.
Morris Evenlode textile drawing
Desig for Evenlode printed textile by William Morris. Pencil, pen and ink, chalk, watercolour and bodycolour with annotations. (Identification from Linda Parry, ed.: William Morris, Abrams, 1996, ISBN 0-8109-42... More
Archibald Thorburn Warbler and Wrens 1913
Warbler and Wrens. An illustration for plate 6 of Thorburn's British Birds, signed and dated Archibald Thorburn/1913 watercolour and bodycolour, 46.5 x 37.5 cm
Archibald Thorburn Winter landscape with mallard
Winter landscape with mallard. Signed A.Thorburn. Watercolour and bodycolour, 47 x 66.5 cm
George Goodwin Kilburne A garden stroll
A garden stroll. Signed 'G.G. Kilburne', watercolour, 35.5 x 51.5 cm
Elizabeth Siddal - Lady Clare (watercolour)
Public domain image of painting, 15th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Drawing, album, print (BM 1888,1211.1.1-74 8)
Album bound in red leather with gilt ruling and gold tooling, stamped on the front cover "E A/1660" and on the back "A C A", containing 73 numbered vellum leaves with drawings and 23 unnumbered guarded blank v... More
Thomas Girtin - Kelso, Scotland
Picryl description: Public domain image of painting, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions
Pseudopanax edgerleyi ; P. anomalus; P. simplex
Public domain vintage photo of New Zealand, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The Valley of the Derwent, Tasmania
Picryl description: Public domain image of painting, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions
Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship hull, port, harbor, ...
Public domain image of watercolor painting from British-related collections, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Frederick Porter - Autumn stream
Public domain image of watercolor painting from British-related collections, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Mark Widdington Fisher - Landscape with stream
Public domain image of watercolor painting from British-related collections, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Black birch. Museum of New Zealand collection
Public domain image of watercolor painting from British-related collections, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Aspidium mohrioides
Botanical drawings collection from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey. Public domain scan of 19th-century botanical illustration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Punchapau of East Florida or Oleander
Botanical drawings collection from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey. Public domain scan of 18th-century botanical illustration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Bangor town, watercolour, A tour in Wales by Thomas Pennant (1726-1798...
An image from a set of 8 extra-illustrated volumes of A tour in Wales by Thomas Pennant (1726-1798) that chronicle the three journeys he made through Wales between 1773 and 1776. These volumes are unique becaus... More
Caernarvon castle and town, watercolour, A tour in Wales by Thomas Pen...
An image from a set of 8 extra-illustrated volumes of A tour in Wales by Thomas Pennant (1726-1798) that chronicle the three journeys he made through Wales between 1773 and 1776. These volumes are unique becaus... More
DV307 no.103 Old church of Aberdaron Sept 27 1862
Examples of artwork on a variety of subjects and in a variety of styles by Francis Elizabeth Wynne from a sketchbook (ca. 420 drawings): mixed media, including watercolour, wash and, pen and ink.
DV307 no.114 The warm bath 1864
Examples of artwork on a variety of subjects and in a variety of styles by Francis Elizabeth Wynne from a sketchbook (ca. 420 drawings): mixed media, including watercolour, wash and, pen and ink.
DV307 no.134 Tapping the furnaces, Grosmont Oct 7 1865
Examples of artwork on a variety of subjects and in a variety of styles by Francis Elizabeth Wynne from a sketchbook (ca. 420 drawings): mixed media, including watercolour, wash and, pen and ink.
DV307 no.145 Pwllheli Market Aug 8 1866
Examples of artwork on a variety of subjects and in a variety of styles by Francis Elizabeth Wynne from a sketchbook (ca. 420 drawings): mixed media, including watercolour, wash and, pen and ink.
DV307 no.41 - Queen Victoria and other Royals watching Fra Diavolo (op...
Examples of artwork on a variety of subjects and in a variety of styles by Francis Elizabeth Wynne from a sketchbook (ca. 420 drawings): mixed media, including watercolour, wash and, pen and ink.
DV307 no.84 Horse racing near Apsley House, London
Examples of artwork on a variety of subjects and in a variety of styles by Francis Elizabeth Wynne from a sketchbook (ca. 420 drawings): mixed media, including watercolour, wash and, pen and ink.
DV342 Place Fell
The English Lakes. Selected views from a sketchbook (36 drawings) : mixed media, including watercolour and pencil ; 27 x 40 cm.
DV342 St John's Vale
The English Lakes. Selected views from a sketchbook (36 drawings) : mixed media, including watercolour and pencil ; 27 x 40 cm.
DV342 Styboro' from Ullswater
The English Lakes. Selected views from a sketchbook (36 drawings) : mixed media, including watercolour and pencil ; 27 x 40 cm.
Peter Purves Smith - Rue de Repos, 1938
Rue de Repos, watercolour on paper, 42 x 35.5 cm, by Peter Purves Smith
Tsar Saltan's costume by I.Bilibin (1928, priv.coll)
Ivan Yakovlevich Bilibin 1876-1942 TSAR SULTAN signed with iniatals in Cyrillic and Latin and dated 1928 m.r., titled in Cyrillic t.r. gouache and watercolour on paper in 1904, Bilibin illustrated Pushkin's ... More
'Between Daboad and Phila. 4.P.M. Feby 18. 1867.' (524) RMG PU9106
'Between Daboad & Phila. 4.P.M. Feby 18. 1867.' (524) This watercolour of a large Nile craft berthed on the river’s bank was taken by Edward Lear in the afternoon on 18 February 1867 during the artist’s third v... More
'Deir Kadige noon - 1 P.M. Jany. 2. 1867 (28)' RMG PU9103
'Deir Kadige noon - 1 P.M. Jany. 2. 1867 (28)' The page is covered with studies of various Egyptian craft, including dahabeeyahs and gyassis. Some vessels are portrayed individually on a stretch of calm, reflec... More
'Invincible and Inflexible steaming out of Port Stanley in Chase'- the...
'Invincible and Inflexible steaming out of Port Stanley in Chase': the start of the Battle of the Falkland Islands, 8 December 1914 Signed by the artist, lower left, this watercolour was reproduced (in colour a... More
'Opposite Abousnegarb. 2'15. Jany 3 1867. (47)' RMG PU9114
'Opposite Abousnegarb. 2'15. Jany 3 1867. (47)' This watercolour-view by Edward Lear was taken on 3 January 1867 during the artist’s third visit to Egypt. It shows a stretch of the Nile and its bank beyond it a... More
'Resolution' and 'Discovery' off the coast of Tahiti RMG D2537
'Resolution' and 'Discovery' off the coast of Tahiti Probably a later commission as Atkins was not present on Captain Cook's third voyage (1776-80), and works by the artist are not known before 1787. While Atki... More
'Trawlers in Scapa Flow' RMG PW0657, William Lionel Wyllie
'Trawlers in Scapa Flow' Inscribed, as title, and signed by the artist, lower left. This fully finished watercolour shows four trawlers at sunset, with steadying sails set. The centre vessel is possibly a scr... More
(Recto) Sketch of two young women, one sitting and reading the other s...
(Recto) Sketch of two young women, one sitting and reading the other stretching and yawning (drawn by Lord Bury) with a drawing of a tree alongside; (Verso) HMS 'Queen' off the 'Island of Brada, Ivisa' [Ibiza?]... More
(Recto) The Mediterranean fleet under Rear-Admiral Dundas off south-ea...
(Recto) The Mediterranean fleet under Rear-Admiral Dundas off south-east Spain, Roldan's Gap in sight to the north-west, 7 June 1852; (Verso) sail exercise in Malta harbour No. 21 of 36 (PAI0849 - PAI0884). (... More
Green Sea RMG PW1700, William Lionel Wyllie
Green Sea In the years around 1890 Wyllie and other marine artists, such as John Brett and Henry Moore, painted and exhibited pictures which consisted of little more than sea and sky. This created the potential... More
HMS 'Vindictive' RMG PW1864, William Lionel Wyllie
HMS 'Vindictive' A watercolour study of the 'Vindictive', seen from off the port bow, as fitted out for the raid on Zeebrugge on 23 April 1918. It has been squared up witha ruled grid, probably for enlarging t... More
Winding river viewed from a hill, possibly the Bristol Avon RMG PW5906
Winding river viewed from a hill, possibly the Bristol Avon The presence of a distant ship, apparently at anchor waiting for wind or tide, and cutters, which may be pilot vessels, show that this is a navigable ... More
De Aetatibus Mundi Imagines - Francisco de Holanda (1545-1573) f
Collection of strange images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey. Public domain scan of 16th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Geben ou Tenacusum a
Collection of strange images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey. Public domain photograph - night sky, astronomy, universe, space, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
HoneHeke1845
Hone Heke standing, his face in profile, wearing a flax cloak. At his left side and slightly behind him is Hariata, his wife, also in a flax cloak. Watercolour.
Girl Wearing a Kokoshnik and Pearl Choker by L.Bakst (priv.coll)
Girl Wearing a Kokoshnik and Pearl Choker, signed and dated 1890. Watercolour on paper, 45.5 by 33.5 cm (sheet size).
Archibald Thorburn French partridge and chicks 1915
French partridge and chicks. Watercolour and bodycolour, 21 x 37 cm
George Goodwin Kilburne Watering the flowers
Watering the flowers; signed 'G G Kilburne', watercolour, 25.5 x 16 cm
George Goodwin Kilburne Writing a letter home 1875
Writing a letter home, signed, inscribed and dated 1875, watercolour, 19 x 13.5 cm
Noorjahan & Jahangir
Noorjahan & Jahangir Watercolour & wash on paper 7.0 X 12.5 in. (17.8 X 31.8 cms) Signed in English (Lower Right) Code : JOGLEKARDC06 D C Joglekar was born in 1896. He studied at the J J School of Art, Mumbai... More
Drawing, album (BM SL,5276.160)
A bat, with outstretched wings and a spider in a web above, from an album of 160 drawings entitled 'Merian's Drawings of European Insects &c'; flies caught in the web Watercolour, on vellum
Drawing, album (BM SL,5278.38)
Southern Penguin, from an album of 65 drawings entitled 'Roberts's Drawings of Plants, Birds, Shells &c. Vol.II'; grey-brown and white plumage, standing to left with wings raised Watercolour and bodycolour, on vellum
Two heads, Thomas Rowlandson
Picryl description: Public domain image of a scary creature, evil, devil, horns, free to use, no copyright restrictions. Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th centuries Britain, k... More
Francois Vivares - The cave
Public domain image of painting, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Miniature Painting. Museum of New Zealand collection
Public domain photo of portrait art painting, 18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Alfred Crowquill - Frog and bird
Public domain image of painting, 18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
John Buchanan - Huia bird (head)
Picryl description: Public domain image of a zoological watercolor painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Frank Edward Clarke - Himantolophus appelii (NZ) - lateral view : Pric...
Public domain vintage photo of New Zealand, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The Mataura River and the Waimea Plains from Mr McNeill's station
Picryl description: Public domain image of a dry desert landscape, sand, sky, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Frank Edward Clarke - Macrorhamphosus scolopax (Tas) : Snipefish
Picryl description: Public domain image of a zoological watercolor painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Near Paekakariki, Cook Strait
Public domain vintage photo of New Zealand, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.