Petrus Van der Velden - An 1876 sketchbook
Public domain scan of 19th century Dutch drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Aspidium mohrioides - Public domain scenic drawing
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
Hortulus Monheimensis 00127, 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
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
Stapelia ambigua - Public domain illustration drawing
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
Stapelia asterias - Public domain illustration drawing
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
Stapelia campanulata - Public domain scenic drawing
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
Sweet Scented Small Melon - Public domain scan / drawing
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
Liber Amicorum - Johann Christian Sigmund Mönch i
Collection of book illustrations from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey.
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 - Public domain portrait drawing
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 - Public domain portrait drawing
The English Lakes. Selected views from a sketchbook (36 drawings) : mixed media, including watercolour and pencil ; 27 x 40 cm.
DV342 Styboro' from Ullswater - Public domain portrait drawing
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
Turnierbuch Ritterspiele p71 - Public domain dedication image
Collection of military science and history images from various sources by selected BibliOdyssey.
Westmoreland + Cumberland I.Y. Levée Dress (1908) Brennan
Collection of military science and history images from various sources by selected BibliOdyssey.
Brandt Loco. Works, Buffalo Div, Hornellsville, 1875
Collection of natural science, astronomy and ancient technology images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey.
Swinburne Loco. Works, Eastern Div, Jersey City, NJ 1866
Collection of natural science, astronomy and ancient technology images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey.
Wilmarth Loco. Works, Delaware Div, Susquehanna, PA 1868
Collection of natural science, astronomy and ancient technology images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey.
Palestine, Augsburg, Bavaria - Public domain dedication image
bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/2008/04/renaissance-era-costume... ( http://bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/2008/04/renaissance-era-costumes.html )
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 - Public domain dedication image
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
comet - Public domain dedication image
Collection of strange images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey.
Screech owl - red owl, Isaac Sprague
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
Garden View, French Cathedral, Notre Dame
Painting, Garden View, French Cathedral, Notre Dame, Watercolour on paper, 17.7 x 25.5 cm Français : Peinture, Vue du jardin, cathérale française, Notre-Dame, Aquarelle sur papier, 17.7 x 25.5 cm
Charles Decimus Barraud, Portrait of Te Rangihaeata, 1854, Reference N...
[Barraud, Charles Decimus] 1822-1897 :[Portrait of Te Rangihaeata] 1854 Reference Number: B-004-023 Shows Rangihaeata standing in feather cloak with greenstone mere, long tunic with decorated hem, and with faci... More
Cootia. Rauparaha's head wife, watercolour and gum arabic by Isaac Coa...
[Coates, Isaac], 1808-1878 :Cootia. Rauparaha's head wife. [1843?] Reference Number: A-286-013 Head and shoulders profile portrait of Pipi Kutia, stepdaughter & wife of Te Rauparaha Key terms: 1 image, categori... More
Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881 Rangiaeata 1840 (cropped)
Upper body profile portrait of the Maori warrior chief Te Rangihaeata with moko and with three huia feathers in his hair, an albatross feather (pohoi toroa) and greenstone drop (whakakai) earring in his right e... More
HoneHeke1845 - Public domain portrait painting
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).
Adolf Hitler - Klosterruine in Messines (Dezember 1914)
Deutsch: Aquarell des Frontsoldaten Hitler: Klosterruine in Messines (Dezember 1914), Cigaretten-Bilderdienst (Hrsg.): Adolf Hitler. Bilder aus dem Leben des Führers. Hamburg-Bahrenfeld, 1936. English: Waterc... More
Archibald Thorburn French partridge and chicks 1915
French partridge and chicks. Watercolour and bodycolour, 21 x 37 cm
Archibald Thorburn On the stooks - Blackgame 1902
On the stooks - Blackgame. Signed and dated Archibald Thorburn /1902. Watercolour and bodycolour, 53 x 73.5 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
Chittagong signed and dated 'J George Oct 1822
Chittagong signed and dated 'J George Oct 1822' (lower right below framing line), watercolour, unframed
John Preston Neale Melford church interior
Melford church interior, looking towards the east window. Watercolour, 7.5 x 5.5 cm
A Wreath of Roses, by Marie Spartali Stillman
A Wreath of Roses.*watercolour and gouache on paper.*53 × 69 cm.*1880
H.M.T. Ballarat in calm seas, by Alma Claude Burlton Cull
H.M.T. Ballarat in calm seas, by Alma Claude Burlton Cull signed, inscribed and dated 'A.B. Cull. 19./18th Batt: Rifle Bgde. H.M.T. Ballarat.' (lower left) pencil and watercolour, on paper 5¼ x 8½ in. (13.3 x 21.5 cm.)
HM Packet Walsingham, John Bullock Commander, by Cammillieri
HM Packet Walsingham, John Bullock Commander, by Cammillieri Built: London 1795 185 tons Falmouth Packet Service Watercolour with ink and body colour 46.5cm x 58cm Unsigned National Maritime Museum Cornwall h... More
Jack Spurling - H.M.S. Sandwich laying her mooring at sunset
HMS Sandwich laying her mooring at sunset. Signed and dated 'J Spurling 1932' (lower right). watercolour and bodycolour 36.3 x 51cm (14 5/16 x 20 1/16in).
MA I081859 TePapa The-favourite full
Watercolour painting by Mary Elizabeth Tripe
Nelson Boarding the 'San Josef' at the Battle of Cape St Vincent, 14 F...
Nelson Boarding the 'San Josef' at the Battle of Cape St Vincent, 14 February 1797 Early in 1797 a Spanish fleet of 27 sail of the line lay at Cartagena, with the intention of joining the French fleet at Brest... More
Attack on Chacun - Public domain vintage map
Title: Chakan, Maharashtra Creator: Valentine Blacker Date Created: 1818 Date Published: 1821 Location Created: India Physical Dimensions: 28 x 26 cm Type: Map Publisher: The Book titled o... More
Noorjahan & Jahangir - Public domain photogrpaph
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 (BM 1882,0311.1490) - Public domain portrait drawing
Portrait of a lady; three-quarter length, wearing a high crowned black hat with ostrich feathers, seated on a sofa with hands on lap, the composition in an oval Watercolour, touched with graphite and black cha... More
Drawing, album (BM 1878,1214.70)
Drawing from an album, white and crimson Tulip, Pink, and yellow and red Ranunculus, tied with blue ribbon Watercolour over metalpoint, shaded with grey wash, on vellum
Drawing, album (BM SL,5275.12) - Public domain illustration drawing
Banana plant with red and purple flower, and fruit , from an album of 91 drawings entitled 'Merian's Drawings of Surinam Insects &c'; with examples of a moth and chrysalis Watercolour and bodycolour, heightene... More
Drawing, album (BM SL,5275.78 1)
Muscovy duck, standing on the head of a snake, the tail in its mouth, from an album entitled 'Merian's Drawings of Surinam Insects &c' Watercolour and bodycolour, heightened with white and gold, on vellum
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,5276.49) - Public domain scenic drawing
The life cycle of the moth, from an album of 160 drawings entitled 'Merian's Drawings of European Insects &c'; with examples of a caterpillar and a chrysalis on a pink-flowered plant, another flying insect on ... More
Drawing, album (BM SL,5276.52) - Public domain scenic drawing
The life cycle of the moth, from an album of 160 drawings entitled 'Merian's Drawings of European Insects &c'; with examples including a caterpillar on a blue flowered plant, ladybirds and bugs below and a lac... More
Drawing, album (BM SL,5278.38) - Public domain drawing
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
Drawing, architectural drawing (BM 1972,U.851)
Chateau de Blois, bird's eye view from the East of the chateau, seen at left, with formal gardens extending to right Pen and black ink with grey wash, touched with watercolour; on vellum
Drawing, sketch-book (BM 1841,1211.9.1-50 15)
Sketchbook bound in vellum with gold tooling containing 50 numbered leaves (mostly with additional manuscript numbers 1-50) with drawings on the verso and 4 unnumbered blank leaves, with women's costumes from ... More
Drawing, sketch-book (BM 1895,1214.94 2)
Two cheetahs wearing collars, formerly in a sketch-book. c.1400 Brush drawing in watercolour and boycolour, on vellum Verso: An Anglo-Nubian goat and a ram Brush drawing in watercolour and bodycolour, on vellum
Drawing, album, print (BM 1888,1211.1.1-74 3)
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
Richard Sasse - Cumberland. Museum of New Zealand collection
Picryl description: Public domain image of a landscape with water, mountains, and sky, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Huntsman. Museum of New Zealand collection
Picryl description: Public domain image of a horse, animal husbandry, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Residence of C.J.Guby, Esq. - Publicd domain, Museum of New Zealand
Public domain image of painting, 18th-19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Two heads, Thomas Rowlandson - Public domain portrait drawing
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
William Forster - The Neptune - Publicd domain, Museum of New Zealand
Picryl description: Public domain image of naval activity, ship, sea, 19th-20th century navy, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
William Scott - Darnetal, Normandy. Watercolor painting.
Public domain image of painting, 18th-19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Firing to break a waterspout - Publicd domain, Museum of New Zealand
Picryl description: Public domain image of naval activity, ship, sea, 19th-20th century navy, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
William Forster - The SS Taranaki
Public domain vintage photo from New Zealand archive, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Edward Dayes - Entrance to Monastary of St. Augustine, Canterbury
Public domain image of painting, 18th-19th 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.
James Bourne - Malvern. Museum of New Zealand collection
Public domain image of painting, 18th-19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
New Zealand (shore) Plover. Plate LXXXIII. From the General History of...
Public domain vintage photo from New Zealand archive, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Porch, Peckenham Church, Kent - Publicd domain, Museum of New Zealand
Public domain image of watercolor painting from British-related collections, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Landscape with cottage and church
Public domain image of painting, 18th-19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Alfred Crowquill - Frog and bird
Public domain image of painting, 18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Francois Vivares - The cave - Publicd domain, Museum of New Zealand
Public domain image of painting, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
E. Gittens - Senhals. Museum of New Zealand collection
Public domain image, 17th-18th century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
James Richmond - Hut of the "Italian party", old diggings on Buller
Public domain image of watercolor painting from British-related collections, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
James Richmond - Lake Tennyson - Publicd domain, Museum of New Zealand
Picryl description: Public domain image of a landscape with water, mountains, and sky, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
John Buchanan - Hectorella caespitosa Hook.f.
Public domain image related to botany, botanical artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Dunedin. Museum of New Zealand collection
Picryl description: Public domain image of painting, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions
Cattle on the sands near Port Madoc, North Wales
Public domain image of a rural landscape, agriculture, farm animals, livestock, pasture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Frank Edward Clarke - Himantolophus appelii (NZ) - lateral view : Pric...
Public domain vintage photo from New Zealand archive, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
John Buchanan - Huia bird (head)
Picryl description: Public domain image of a zoological watercolor painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions.