111 Free Artworks of Chinese Public Domain

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Chinese Hawthorns (Crataegus Pinnatifida) (1936) by James Marion Shull.

Chinese butterfly and insect painting from the Qing Dynasty (1644–1911) by anonymous.

butterfly animals

Chinese Fistularia or Chinese Trumpet-fish illustration from The Naturalist's Miscellany (1789-1813) by George Shaw (1751-1813)

Chinese butterfly and insect painting from the Qing Dynasty (1644–1911) by anonymous.

background animals

Dragon (1596–1610) by Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt.

ornament animals

Chinese roller or Green roller illustration from The Naturalist's Miscellany (1789-1813) by George Shaw (1751-1813)

Chinese Tree-Pipit and Wheat illustration from Pictorial Monograph of Birds (1885) by Numata Kashu (1838-1901). Digitally enhanced from our own original edition.

Chinese butterfly and insect painting from the Qing Dynasty (1644–1911) by anonymous.

background animals

Chinese butterfly and insect painting from the Qing Dynasty (1644–1911) by anonymous.

background animals

Chinese peony painting from the Qing Dynasty (1644–1911) by anonymous.

butterfly flower

Chinese painting of one pink fish and two green fish (ca.1800–1899) from the Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection.

Chinese Magpie (Pica Sinensis) from Illustrations of Indian zoology (1830-1834) by John Edward Gray (1800-1875).

Chinese insect drawing of four butterflies, a beetle, caterpillar and a grasshopper from the 18th century.

butterfly animals

Chinese butterfly and insect painting from the Qing Dynasty (1644–1911) by anonymous.

background animals

The variegated Chinese azalea from Edwards’s Botanical Register (1829—1847) by Sydenham Edwards, John Lindley, and James Ridgway.

1. Hardwick's One Finned Torpedo (Temera Hardwickii); 2. Jaws of the Chinese Ray (Rhina ancylostoma. A. Upper, B. Lower Jaw from Illustrations of Indian Zoology (1830-1834) by John Edward Gray (1800-1875).

Chinese Lard Seed (Hodgsonia Heteroclita), Fruit from Illustrations of Himalayan plants (1855) by W. H. (Walter Hood) Fitch (1817-1892).

Chinese Lard Seed (Hodgsonia Heteroclita), Female plant from Illustrations of Himalayan plants (1855) by W. H. (Walter Hood) Fitch (1817-1892).

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Chinese Horned Pheasant (Satyra Temminckii) 3/4 Nat. length from Illustrations of Indian zoology (1830-1834) by John Edward Gray (1800-1875).

Chinese Hare (Lepus Sinensis) from Illustrations of Indian zoology (1830-1834) by John Edward Gray (1800-1875).

Chinese butterfly and insect painting from the Qing Dynasty (1644–1911) by anonymous.

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Chinese butterfly and insect painting from the Qing Dynasty (1644–1911) by anonymous.

background animals

Chinese butterfly and insect painting from the Qing Dynasty (1644–1911) by anonymous.

butterfly animals

Chinese Large Headed Terrapin (Platysternon megacephalum) from Illustrations of Indian Zoology (1830-1834) by John Edward Gray (1800-1875).

Chinese Bamboo Rat (Rhizomys Sinensis) from Illustrations of Indian zoology (1830-1834) by John Edward Gray (1800-1875).

animals vintage

Chinese Tippeted Pigeon (Columba Gouldioe) from Illustrations of Indian zoology (1830-1834) by John Edward Gray (1800-1875).

Chinese painting of two green fish and two brown fish (ca.1800–1899) from the Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection.

Chinese Camp, a small settlement in Tuolumne County. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Chinese Lard Seed (Hodgsonia Heteroclita), male plant from Illustrations of Himalayan plants (1855) by W. H. (Walter Hood) Fitch (1817-1892).

Oriental umbrellas from My Little Chinese Book by Mary Audubon Post (1912).

japanese umbrella

Chinese butterfly and insect painting from the Qing Dynasty (1644–1911) by anonymous.

background animals

Chinese flower painting from the Qing Dynasty (1644–1911) by anonymous.

butterfly flower

Chinese cuckoo or long-tailed blue cuckoo illustration from The Naturalist's Miscellany (1789-1813) by George Shaw (1751-1813)

Chinese jujube (Zizphus vulgaris) from Pomona Italiana (1817 - 1839) by Giorgio Gallesio (1772-1839).

Butterfly with flower illustration from Churui Gafu (1910) by Morimoto Toko. Digitally enhanced from our own original edition.

butterfly japanese

Two-colored collinsia from Edwards’s Botanical Register (1829—1847) by Sydenham Edwards, John Lindley, and James Ridgway.

background flower

1. Balassian [Balastian] Swift (Cypselus palmarum) 1a. Male, 1b. Female, 1c. Young, 1d. Nest; 2. Allied Swift (Cypselus affinis); 3. Chinese Martin (Hirundo Sinensis) from Illustrations of Indian zoology (1830-1834) by John Edward Gray (1800-1875).

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Chinese Teal or Mandarin Duck illustration from The Naturalist's Miscellany (1789-1813) by George Shaw (1751-1813)

Chinese painting of a duck junk (ancient Chinese ship) (ca.1800–1899) from the Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection.

Vase in white china from the Industrial arts of the Nineteenth Century (1851-1853) by Sir Matthew Digby wyatt (1820-1877).

chinese vintage

The brick-red Chinese azalea from Edwards’s Botanical Register (1829—1847) by Sydenham Edwards, John Lindley, and James Ridgway.

Flowers on a footpath illustration from Bijutsu Sekai (1893-1896) by Watanabe Seitei, a prominent Kacho-ga artist. Digitally enhanced from our own original edition.

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Argus Pheasant (Argus Pavoninus) China 2/3 Natural size from Illustrations of Indian zoology (1830-1834) by John Edward Gray (1800-1875).

The brick-red Chinese azalea from Edwards’s Botanical Register (1829—1847) by Sydenham Edwards, John Lindley, and James Ridgway.

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Chinese vases from the Industrial arts of the Nineteenth Century (1851-1853) by Sir Matthew Digby wyatt (1820-1877).

Pott's Chinese peony from Edwards’s Botanical Register (1829—1847) by Sydenham Edwards, John Lindley, and James Ridgway.

Vase in China from the Industrial arts of the Nineteenth Century (1851-1853) by Sir Matthew Digby wyatt (1820-1877).

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Moth illustration from Churui Gafu (1910) by Morimoto Toko. Digitally enhanced from our own original edition.

butterfly spring

Nightscape illustration from Bijutsu Sekai (1893-1896) by Watanabe Seitei, a prominent Kacho-ga artist. Digitally enhanced from our own original edition.

Wild Boar, Collared Peccary, Chinese Sow, Capibara, and Babyroussa from A history of the earth and animated nature (1820) by Oliver Goldsmith (1730-1774). Digitally enhanced from our own original edition.

wild boar antique

Chinese Quail (Synoicus Chinensis) illustrated by Elizabeth Gould (1804–1841) for John Gould’s (1804-1881) Birds of Australia (1972 Edition, 8 volumes). Digitally enhanced from our own facsimile book (1972 Edition, 8 volumes).

Chinese painting featuring flowers and a butterfly (ca.1800–1899) from the Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection.

butterfly insects

Chinese Parra (Parra Sinensis) 1. Adult 2. Young 3. Chicken just hatched from Illustrations of Indian zoology (1830-1834) by John Edward Gray (1800-1875).

Ancient oriental army general from Babylon Electrified. The History of an Expedition Undertaken to Restore Ancient Babylon by the Power of Electricity, and How it Resulted published by Chapman & Hall (1890).

Chinese insect drawing of five butterflies, three beetles and four insects from the 18th century.

butterfly nature

Chinese painting illustrating two men picking up tea boxes and carrying them away (ca.1800–1899) from the Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection.

industrial boxing

Horse Illustration from Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan, performed in the years 1852, 1853 and 1854, under the command of Commodore M. C. Perry (1856) by Francis Lister Hawks.

1. Chinese Plaice (Platessa Chinensis); 2. Dr. Russell's Plaice (Platessa Russellii); 3. Short lined Finless Sole (Plagusia abbreviata) from Illustrations of Indian zoology (1830-1834) by John Edward Gray (1800-1875).

The ruga rose from Edwards’s Botanical Register (1829—1847) by Sydenham Edwards, John Lindley, and James Ridgway.

japanese flower

Butterfly and flower illustration from Churui Gafu (1910) by Morimoto Toko. Digitally enhanced from our own original edition.

butterfly japan

1. Spine Sided Monacanthus (Monacanthus (Amanses) Histrix); 2. Many Spined Coffin Fish (Ostracion (Acarana) auritus); 3, 4. Dotted Girella (Girella punctata); 5. Chinese Sturgeon (Acipenser Chinensis) from Illustrations of Indian zoology (1830-1834) by John Edward Gray (1800-1875).

Shell fish illustration from Bijutsu Sekai (1893-1896) by Watanabe Seitei, a prominent Kacho-ga artist. Digitally enhanced from our own original edition.

Jujube red date (Ziziphus vulgaris) illustrated by Charles Dessalines D' Orbigny (1806-1876). Digitally enhanced from our own 1892 edition of Dictionnaire Universel D'histoire Naturelle.

Abacus from Map Modeling in Geography, Including the Use of Sand, Clay, Putty, Paper Pulp, Plaster of Paris... Also Chalk Modeling in its Adaptation to Purposes of Illustration. Fully Illustrated published by E.L Kellogg & Co. (1895).

calculator pencil

Chinese Struwwelpeter - Struwwelpeter Museum - Frankfurt am Main - DSC03111

miscellany in the struwwelpeter museum

Coin. Qing Dynasty. Shunzhi Tongbao. Bao Yuan. obv

board of works mint shunzhi tongbao

Examples of Chinese ornament (1867) 002

decoration ornament

Examples of Chinese ornament (1867) 001

decoration ornament

Chinese Soldiers 1900, Arnold Henry Savage Landor

imperial chinese army in the boxer rebellion military people of the qing dynasty

Portrait of Su Wu by Watanabe Kazan (1793-1841), Edo period, dated 1839 (Tenpo 10), light color on silk - Tokyo National Museum - DSC06123, Watanabe Kazan

edo paintings in the tokyo national museum su wu

Chinese asters. Vick's Garden and Floral Guide (1895)

vegetables flower

Chinese Trumpet Vine, Trumpet Creeper. Campsis grandiflora [as Tecoma grandiflora] with Mangrove Humming Birds.

illustration plants

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Portraits from Hibata Osuke’s 1854 sketches - translator S. Wells Williams - Sanada Treasure Museum - DSC09560

westerners in the sanada treasure museum samuel wells williams

Chinese-style Quatrain in Five-character Phrases, calligraphy by Watanabe Kazan (1793-1841), Edo period, 19th century, ink on paper - Tokyo National Museum - DSC06100

calligraphy in the tokyo national museum watanabe kazan

Chinese-style Quatrain in Five-Character Phrases, calligraphy by Ike no Taiga (1723-1776), Edo period, 18th century, ink on paper - Tokyo National Museum - DSC06091

calligraphy in the tokyo national museum ikeno taiga

Fruit Still Life with Chinese Export Basket by James Peale, 1824, oil on wood - National Gallery of Art, Washington - DSC00096, James Peale

american paintings in the national gallery of art still-life paintings by james peale

Chinese-style Quatrain in Seven-character Phrases, calligraphy by Tanomura Chikuden (1777-1835), Edo period, dated 1835 (Tenpo 6), ink on paper - Tokyo National Museum - DSC06106

calligraphy in the tokyo national museum tanomura chikuden

Marum Germander (Teucrium maurum) and Chinese St. John's-Wort (Hypericum monogynum). The American flora: volume 3, by Strong, Asa B. (1855)

Teapot with Chinese figures, Worcester, c. 1760-1762, soft-paste porcelain - California Palace of the Legion of Honor - DSC07639

worcester porcelain in the california palace of the legion of honor worcester porcelain, dr wall period

Chinese Wisteria, Wisteria sinensis as (Glycine sinensis)

illustration plants

Chinese flowering crab-apple

illustration tree

Owen Jones - Grammar of Ornament - 1868 - plate 059 - 300ppi, Owen Carter Jones

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Owen Jones - Grammar of Ornament - 1868 - plate 062 - 300ppi, Owen Carter Jones

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Owen Jones - Grammar of Ornament - 1868 - plate 061 - 300ppi, Owen Carter Jones

the grammar of ornament plate 61 fret patterns

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THE RED LADY

creative commons nasa

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mammals zoology

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Chinese Hibiscus. Brazilian flowers, drawn from nature in the years 1880-1882 in the neighbourhood of Rio de Janeiro, t. 21, by Norton, E.H., (1893)

illustration brazil

Chinese-foxglove. Rehmannia piasezkii. Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, vol. 134- ser. 4, vol. 4, (1908) [Mathilda Smith]

illustration plants

Owen Jones - Grammar of Ornament - 1868 - plate 060 - 300ppi, Owen Carter Jones

the grammar of ornament plate 60 owen carter jones

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Chinese Houses. Collinsia bicolor. Annales de flore et de pomone- ou journal des jardins et des champs, vol. 6 (1837-1838)

Tree Peony, Moutan (1838)

illustration flower

Iris domestica [as Ixia chinensis L.], CHINESE IXIA

illustration plants

Chinese vase with flowers, shells and insects (1628) Oil on panel. Balthasar van der Ast (1594 – 1657)

butterfly spider

Chinese chestnut, Seven Sisters' Fruit. Sterculia monosperma [as Sterculia nobilis] Fleurs, fruits et feuillages choisis de l'ille de Java -peints d'après nature par Berthe Hoola van Nooten (1880)

illustration flower

‘Le Jockey’ Le Jockey, RP-P-1940-153, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1899

the jockey (toulouse-lautrec, 1899)post-impressionism

Chinese rhubarb (Rheum palmatum) illustration from Medical Botany (1836) by John Stephenson and James Morss Churchill.

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