1,952 Free Artworks of Public Domain Botanical Illustration

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Vintage roselles illustration. Digitally enhanced illustration from U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library.

Vintage peach illustration. Digitally enhanced illustration from U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library.

Vintage pear stick illustration. Digitally enhanced illustration from U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library.

Kin–shi–shi, hand–colored collotype from Some Japanese Flowers (1896) by Kazumasa Ogawa.

japanese flower

Friuili grape (Vitis vinifera Forojuliensis) from Pomona Italiana (1817 - 1839) by Giorgio Gallesio (1772-1839).

Iris Hartwegii from The Genus Iris (1913) by William Rickatson Dykes. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel

illustration tree

Diesel tree (Copaifera officinalis) illustration from Medical Botany (1836) by John Stephenson and James Morss Churchill.

Horseradish (Cochlearia armoracia) illustration from Medical Botany (1836) by John Stephenson and James Morss Churchill.

Water dock (Rumex hydrolapathum) illustration from Medical Botany (1836) by John Stephenson and James Morss Churchill.

Sweet flag (Acorus calamus) illustration from Medical Botany (1836) by John Stephenson and James Morss Churchill.

Rosemary (Rosmarinus) officinalis illustration from Medical Botany (1836) by John Stephenson and James Morss Churchill.

illustration flower

The 18th century illustration of a branch with a cluster of ripe plums and caterpillars.

Vintage banana illustration. Digitally enhanced illustration from U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library.

Halved mamey sapote illustration. Digitally enhanced illustration from U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library.

Vintage peach twig illustration. Digitally enhanced illustration from U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library.

Vintage illustration of strawberries digitally enhanced from our own vintage edition of The Fruit Grower's Guide (1891) by John Wright.

Paris Polyphylla, Smith from Illustrations of Himalayan plants (1855) by W. H. (Walter Hood) Fitch (1817-1892).

Vintage illustration of pine apple nectarines digitally enhanced from our own vintage edition of The Fruit Grower's Guide (1891) by John Wright.

Lychnis sylvestris quae Saponaria vulgo, Saponara, Le Lichnis sauvage (ca. 1772 –1793) by Giorgio Bonelli.

illustration flower

Dill (Anethum graveolens) illustration from Medical Botany (1836) by John Stephenson and James Morss Churchill.

Manna ash (Fraxinus ornus) illustration from Medical Botany (1836) by John Stephenson and James Morss Churchill.

Aloe socotrina illustration from Medical Botany (1836) by John Stephenson and James Morss Churchill.

Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare) illustration from Medical Botany (1836) by John Stephenson and James Morss Churchill.

Common bugloss (Anchusa tinctoria) illustration from Medical Botany (1836) by John Stephenson and James Morss Churchill.

Sub-lutea from The Ivy, a Monograph (1872) by Shirley Hibberd (1825–1890). Digitally enhanced from our own original edition.

Gesnera exoniensis engraved by Benjamin Fawcett (1808-1893) for Shirley Hibberd’s (1825-1890) New and Rare Beautiful-Leaved Plants. Digitally enhanced from our own 1929 edition of the publication.

illustration ornament

Eranthemum Sanguinolentum engraved by Benjamin Fawcett (1808-1893) for Shirley Hibberd’s (1825-1890) New and Rare Beautiful-Leaved Plants. Digitally enhanced from our own 1929 edition of the publication.

illustration plants

The 18th century illustration of a black and white mottled bird on tulip stem with daffodils and butterflies.

butterfly plants

Vintage illustration of early rivers cherries digitally enhanced from our own vintage edition of The Fruit Grower's Guide (1891) by John Wright.

illustration berries

Imo–se–yama, hand–colored collotype from Some Japanese Flowers (1896) by Kazumasa Ogawa.

Vintage illustration of an apricot digitally enhanced from our own vintage edition of The Fruit Grower's Guide (1891) by John Wright.

botanical apricot

Black Canaiolo (Vitis vinifera etrusca) from Pomona Italiana (1817 - 1839) by Giorgio Gallesio (1772-1839).

Cartagena bark (cinchona cordifolia) illustration from Medical Botany (1836) by John Stephenson and James Morss Churchill.

The woodland pinkroot (Spigelia marilandica) illustration from Medical Botany (1836) by John Stephenson and James Morss Churchill.

European centaury (Erythraa centaurium illustration from Medical Botany (1836) by John Stephenson and James Morss Churchill.

Angel changelica illustration from Medical Botany (1836) by John Stephenson and James Morss Churchill.

Vintage avocado illustration. Digitally enhanced illustration from U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library.

Fig (Ficus carica) illustration from Medical Botany (1836) by John Stephenson and James Morss Churchill.

Didiscus Caeruleus illustrated by Charles Dessalines D' Orbigny (1806-1876). Digitally enhanced from our own 1892 edition of Dictionnaire Universel D'histoire Naturelle.

illustration plants

The fruit grower's guide : Vintage illustration of gooseberry

champagne berries

Antique plant New Zealand mountain daisies drawn by Sarah Featon (1848–1927).

Quill Leaf Tillandsia (Tillandsia fasciculata) (1929) by Mary Vaux Walcott.

Lacrima grapes (Vitis vinifera Vallisarnensis) from Pomona Italiana (1817 - 1839) by Giorgio Gallesio (1772-1839).

Lacrima grapes (Vitis vinifera Vallisarnensis) from Pomona Italiana (1817 - 1839) by Giorgio Gallesio (1772-1839).

English oak (Quercus) robur illustration from Medical Botany (1836) by John Stephenson and James Morss Churchill.

Quinine bark (Cinchona condaminea) illustration from Medical Botany (1836) by John Stephenson and James Morss Churchill.

Common juniper (Juniperus communis) illustration from Medical Botany (1836) by John Stephenson and James Morss Churchill.

collection flower

Rose of Sharon (ca. 1772 –1793) by Giorgio Bonelli.

Pear (Pyrus Laurina) from Pomona Italiana (1817 - 1839) by Giorgio Gallesio (1772-1839).

Michelia Cathcartii (syn. Magnolia Cathcartii) from Illustrations of Himalayan plants (1855) by W. H. (Walter Hood) Fitch (1817-1892).

magnolia flower

Snowdrops, galanthus, and a daffodil, narcissus (1596–1610) by Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt.

Wild lettuce (Lactuca virosa) illustration from Medical Botany (1836) by John Stephenson and James Morss Churchill.

Greater celandine (Chelidonium majus) illustration from Medical Botany (1836) by John Stephenson and James Morss Churchill.

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

background flower

Lente (in or before 1897) print in high resolution by Theo van Hoytema.

Aloe vulgaris Aloé perfoliato. L'Aloés Succotrin (ca. 1772 –1793) by Giorgio Bonelli.

botanical poster

Saffron crocus (Crocus sativus) illustration from Medical Botany (1836) by John Stephenson and James Morss Churchill.

Carrion-flower (Stapelia variegata) illustrated by Charles Dessalines D' Orbigny (1806-1876). Digitally enhanced from our own 1892 edition of Dictionnaire Universel D'histoire Naturelle.

Plantae Selectae: No. 38 by Georg Dionysius Ehret.

Flower Study (1876–1878) by Mary Vaux Walcott.

Carnation (ca. 1772 –1793) by Giorgio Bonelli.

Plantae Selectae: No. 52–Ixia or Corn Lily by Georg Dionysius Ehret.

Bromeliad (Aechmea discolor) illustrated by Charles Dessalines D' Orbigny (1806-1876). Digitally enhanced from our own 1892 edition of Dictionnaire Universel D'histoire Naturelle.

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

Caraway (Carum carui) illustration from Medical Botany (1836) by John Stephenson and James Morss Churchill.

meridians flower

Vintage illustration of pear digitally enhanced from our own vintage edition of The Fruit Grower's Guide (1891) by John Wright.

illustration plants

Large Purple Chilian Evening Primrose from Edwards’s Botanical Register (1829—1847) by Sydenham Edwards, John Lindley, and James Ridgway.

illustration flower

Vintage St John's bread illustation. Digitally enhanced illustration from U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library.l.

Hummingbird fuchsia (Fuchsia gracilis) illustrated by Charles Dessalines D' Orbigny (1806-1876). Digitally enhanced from our own 1892 edition of Dictionnaire Universel D'histoire Naturelle.

Indigofera procumbens illustrated by Charles Dessalines D' Orbigny (1806-1876). Digitally enhanced from our own 1892 edition of Dictionnaire Universel D'histoire Naturelle.

Fig (Ficus carica) from Pomona Italiana (1817 - 1839) by Giorgio Gallesio (1772-1839).

Indian tobacco (Lobelia inflata) from Illustrations of Himalayan plants (1855) by W. H. (Walter Hood) Fitch (1817-1892).

Rose (1844–1909) by Sientje Mesdag-van Houten.

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

background flower

Vintage pear illustration. Digitally enhanced illustration from U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library.

Vintage pear leaf illustration. Digitally enhanced illustration from U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library.

Christmas Card Depicting Bells and Blueberries (1865–1899) by L. Prang & Co.

christmas winter

A. Vaccinium Salignum (syn. Agapetes saligna), B. Vaccinium Serpens (syn. Agapetes serpens) from Illustrations of Himalayan plants (1855) by W. H. (Walter Hood) Fitch (1817-1892).

botanical antique

Vintage St John's bread illustation. Digitally enhanced illustration from U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library.l.

Vintage peach bough illustration. Digitally enhanced illustration from U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library.

Pepper Elder (Peperomia Aroypeia) engraved by Benjamin Fawcett (1808-1893) for Shirley Hibberd’s (1825-1890) New and Rare Beautiful-Leaved Plants. Digitally enhanced from our own 1929 edition of the publication.

patterns plants

Grape vine (Vitis vinifera Niciensis) from Pomona Italiana (1817 - 1839) by Giorgio Gallesio (1772-1839).

Melopepo, verruscosus, albicans, leviter striatus, folio aspero, Cocuzza bitorzoluta (ca. 1772 –1793) by Giorgio Bonelli.

vegetables pumpkin

Vintage bunch of strawberries illustration. Digitally enhanced illustration from U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library.

Vintage lemon illustration. Digitally enhanced illustration from U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library.

Study of Mushrooms (1880) by Mary Vaux Walcott.

Yellow flax (Linum glandulosum) illustrated by Charles Dessalines D' Orbigny (1806-1876). Digitally enhanced from our own 1892 edition of Dictionnaire Universel D'histoire Naturelle.

Large White Trillium (Trillium grandiflorum) (1923) by Mary Vaux Walcott.

Vintage lemon illustration. Digitally enhanced illustration from U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library.

Passiflore ailee illustrated by Charles Dessalines D' Orbigny (1806-1876). Digitally enhanced from our own 1892 edition of Dictionnaire Universel D'histoire Naturelle.

The Persian Cyclamen from The Temple of Flora (1807) by Robert John Thornton.

printing flower

Oranges (Citrus Sinensis) (1916) by Mary Daisy Arnold.

tangerine orange

Bourgeau Rose (Rosa bourgeauiana) (1920) by Mary Vaux Walcott.

illustration flower

Mount Atlas daisy (Anthemis pyrethrum) illustration from Medical Botany (1836) by John Stephenson and James Morss Churchill.

Vintage pear illustration. Digitally enhanced illustration from U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library.

Sea Island cotton (gossypium vitifolium) illustrated by Charles Dessalines D' Orbigny (1806-1876). Digitally enhanced from our own 1892 edition of Dictionnaire Universel D'histoire Naturelle.

Vintage branch of red cherries illustration. Digitally enhanced illustration from U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library.

Rough stemmed tulip from Edwards’s Botanical Register (1829—1847) by Sydenham Edwards, John Lindley, and James Ridgway.

background flower

Antique plant Olearia augustifolia - mutton bird scrub - Teteaweka drawn by Sarah Featon (1848–1927).

illustration flower

Jujube (Fiorazione del Giuggiolo) from Pomona Italiana (1817 - 1839) by Giorgio Gallesio (1772-1839).

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