8,489 Free Artworks of Rare

art public domain 20th century 1900s 1900s public domain copyright free public domain botanical fruits university of toronto wenceslas hollar digital collection thomas fisher rare book library 1800s public domain

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

Delicious purple plum in a branch illustration. Digitally enhanced illustration from U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

decoration design

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Wenceslas Hollar - Jesus, after Leonardo (State 1) cropped

front views of men in art 17th-century engravings

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

Eranthemum igneum 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.

Dagger Plant (Yucca Aloifolia Variecata) 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.

background botany

Coleus Murrayi 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.

botanical antique

Striped Maize (Zea Japonica Variegata ) 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

Sentry plant (Agave americana Variegata) 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.

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

vegetables fruits

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

Tree twig with green leaves. Digitally enhanced illustration from U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library.

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

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

japanese flower

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

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

1680s map - Paskaerte vande archipel en de eylanden daer omtrent gelegen, als Candia, Serigo en Rodus, tusschen Golfo de Lepanto, Constantinopolen en C. Serdeni in Natolia

maps of the sea of marmara old maps of the aegean sea

Tiger Plant (Sanchezia Nobilis) 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

Lonicera Brachypoda 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 japanese

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

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

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

floral design flower

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

The One Colored Paphiopedilum (Paphiopedilum Concolor) 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.

Tri-colored Passion Vine (Passiflora Trifasciata) 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.

background plants

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

The Fall of Dagon Or Rare News For Leadenhall Street MET DP871762

artworks with known accession number artworks without wikidata item

Variegated New Zealand Flax (Phormium Tenax Variegatum) 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.

new zealand vintage

White-margined Nightshade (Solanum Marginatum) 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.

background tree

Rose Painted Calathea (Maranta illustris) 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 vintage

Variegated Box Elder (Acer Negundo Variegata) 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.

ancient antique

Thirteen Emperors Scroll (detail)

portrait paintings of standing men thirteen emperors scroll

Jacob Franquart.

university of toronto wenceslas hollar digital collection ruffs in art (male)

David Rice Atchison by Mathew Brady March 1849, March 1849

daguerreotypes by mathew brady david rice atchison

Portrait of Rebecca Greenleaf Webster, Jared Bradley Flagg, circa 1840

portrait paintings by jared bradley flagg collections of yale university

A New Map of Part of the United States of North America, Containing the Carolinas and Georgia, also the Floridas and Part of the Bahama Islands &c., John Cary, 1806 (dated)

1805 maps of the united states maps by john cary

A Rare Beauty, Gustave Jean Jacquet

female hands in art gustave jacquet

Thomas Whythorne, George Gower, circa 1590 / 1569

thomas whythorne george gower

Bohemian views.

university of toronto wenceslas hollar digital collection history of rakovník

Adolph Glasbrenner Guckkästner, Theodor Hosemann, 1835

19th-century paintings of berlin paintings of berlin

The Mystic Hunt of the Unicorn Representing Annunciation, Martin Schongauer, 1489

paintings of annunciation by martin schongauer german paintings in the pushkin museum

Banfi Huniades, after Gowy., 1644

university of toronto wenceslas hollar digital collection jacob peter gouwy

Augsburg.

university of toronto wenceslas hollar digital collection historical images of st. ulrich und afra (augsburg)

$The rare coins of America, England, Ireland, Scotland, France, Germany, and Spain a complete list of and prices paid for rare American coins, fractional currency, colonial, continental and Confederate (14583378228), Joseph Wright, 1889$

liberty cap large cent 1889 books

Les liliacees (Color Plate 1) BHL287166, 1805

alire raffeneau delile les liliacées, vol. 1

Watercolor by Olga Nikolaevna, Olga Nikolaevna of Russia, 1917

watercolor paintings in the united states works by olga nikolaevna of russia

Cannabis plant from 'De historia...'

illustrations from de historia stirpium wellcome rare books collection

La dormeuse (rare), 1887

etchings by james ensor in the museum plantin-moretus ensor (delteil 015)

Lord Denny.

university of toronto wenceslas hollar digital collection german renaissance,northern renaissance

Goats, sheep, and mole., Francis Barlow

university of toronto wenceslas hollar digital collection engravings of goats

Title page for "Copenhagen Collections of Rare Printed and Unprinted Pieces", Jonas Haas, 1755

prints by jonas haas in the statens museum for kunst engraving

The Blue Cat, Pamela Colman Smith, 1907

works by pamela colman smith surrealist paintings

Title page from "Historia India Occidentalis", 1586, Jean de Léry

publications related to tropical medicine latin-language title pages

Gramineae Chilenses (Tab. 79) BHL273584, 1853

helictotrichon scabrivalve - botanical illustrations gramineae chilenses

Amputation of the thigh, 19th century, Charles Bell

wellcome rare books collection amputations

Gramineae Chilenses (Tab. 77) BHL273580, 1853

agrostis koelerioides - botanical illustrations gramineae chilenses

Near Prague.

university of toronto wenceslas hollar digital collection historical images of prague

Gramineae Chilenses (Tab. 78) BHL273582, 1853

deschampsia chrysantha - botanical illustrations gramineae chilenses

Gramineae Chilenses (Tab. 81) BHL273588, 1853

puccinellia festuciformis - botanical illustrations gramineae chilenses

Bearded man. State 2., 1647

university of toronto wenceslas hollar digital collection german renaissance,northern renaissance

Gramineae Chilenses (Tab. 83) BHL273592, 1853

chusquea culeou - botanical illustrations gramineae chilenses

Count. State 1.

university of toronto wenceslas hollar digital collection danse macabre (hollar)

Gramineae Chilenses (Tab. 76) BHL273578, 1853

agrostis leptotricha - botanical illustrations gramineae chilenses

Cologne. State 2.

university of toronto wenceslas hollar digital collection cologne in the 17th century

Les fleurs animees BHL15481338, between 1840 and 1849

les fleurs animees symbolism

Les fleurs animees BHL15481044, between 1840 and 1849

les fleurs animees symbolism

Anne of Cleves (?), 1646

university of toronto wenceslas hollar digital collection german renaissance,northern renaissance

Brazilian Victory Map - *Pharnambuci War Representation*, Nicolaes Visscher, circa 1630

maps by nicolaes visscher i 1630s maps of pernambuco

Portrait of Don Justino de Neve, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, 1665

portrait paintings by bartolomé esteban murillo baroque painting

Rare old Stingo, Thomas Benjamin Kennington, 1910

thomas kennington oil on canvas

A monograph of the genus Lilium (Plate (10)) BHL286990, 1880

historical images of the himalayas samuel bourne

What is so rare as a night in June!, Sunset from Mackinac Island (NBY 9018)

curt teich postcard archives, detroit publishing company postcards of mackinac county, michigan

Coliseum. State 1., 1673

university of toronto wenceslas hollar digital collection baroque,flemish baroque painting

Susanoo-no-Mikoto-slays-Yamata-no-Orochi-in-Izumo-By-Tsukioka-Yoshitoshi, Yoshitoshi, 1887

susano o no mikoto ukiyo-e

Cell biology illustration, J. D. L. Franz Wagner

wellcome rare books collection cells

Historia naturalis palmarum (Tab. T) BHL281600, between 1823 and 1850

historia naturalis palmarum attalea funifera

Latona., Adam Elsheimer, 1649

university of toronto wenceslas hollar digital collection leto and the lycian peasants

The angler (Brueghel). State 1., 1650

university of toronto wenceslas hollar digital collection flemish baroque painting

Aretino. State 3.

university of toronto wenceslas hollar digital collection portraits of pietro aretino wenzel hollar

A monograph of the genus Lilium (Plate (49)) BHL287137, 1880

lilium parryi - botanical illustrations a monograph of the genus lilium

Les fleurs animees BHL15481302, between 1840 and 1849

les fleurs animees symbolism

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