205 Free Artworks of Tropical Vintage

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Asplenium Vulgare from Ferns: British and Exotic (1856-1860) by Edward Joseph Lowe.

Polypodium Hastaefolium from Ferns: British and Exotic (1856-1860) by Edward Joseph Lowe.

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Adiantum Pubescens from Ferns: British and Exotic (1856-1860) by Edward Joseph Lowe.

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Alsophila Radens–Pinnae from Ferns: British and Exotic (1856-1860) by Edward Joseph Lowe.

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Le Flammant (Flamingo) by Edouard Travies (1853), a portrait of a white flamingo in its natural habitat. Digitally enhanced from our own original plate.

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Polypodium Musaefolium from Ferns: British and Exotic (1856-1860) by Edward Joseph Lowe.

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Nothochloena Eckloniana and N. Squamosa from Ferns: British and Exotic (1856-1860) by Edward Joseph Lowe.

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Sweet William flower from Poets in the Garden published by T. Fisher Unwin (1886).

Adiantum Curvatum from Ferns: British and Exotic (1856-1860) by Edward Joseph Lowe.

Aspidium Thelypteris from Ferns: British and Exotic (1856-1860) by Edward Joseph Lowe.

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Woodsia Ilvensis (Oblong Woodsia) from Ferns: British and Exotic (1856-1860) by Edward Joseph Lowe.

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

The History of the Earth and Animated Nature by Oliver Goldsmith (1774), a rare antique handcolored tableau of two parakeets. Digitally enhanced from our own original plate.

Polypodium Squamulosum from Ferns: British and Exotic (1856-1860) by Edward Joseph Lowe.

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Doryopteris Sagittaefolia from Ferns: British and Exotic (1856-1860) by Edward Joseph Lowe.

Vintage Victorian style palm tree engraving.

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Tropic Bird from Birds of America (1827) by John James Audubon, etched by William Home Lizars.

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Scarlet and Green Macaw from Oeuvres complètes de Buffon (1860). Digitally enhanced from our own original plate.

Aspidium Angulare. V. Tripinnatum from Ferns: British and Exotic (1856-1860) by Edward Joseph Lowe.

Adiantum Assimile and A. Lunulatum from Ferns: British and Exotic (1856-1860) by Edward Joseph Lowe.

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Lomabia Lanceolata from Ferns: British and Exotic (1856-1860) by Edward Joseph Lowe.

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Acrostichum Alienum from Ferns: British and Exotic (1856-1860) by Edward Joseph Lowe.

Adiantum Trapeziforme from Ferns: British and Exotic (1856-1860) by Edward Joseph Lowe.

Tropical Leafwing (Paphia Troglodyta) from Moths and butterflies of the United States (1900) by Sherman F. Denton (1856-1937). Digitally enhanced from our own publication.

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Tropical Leafwing (Paphia Troglodyta) from Moths and butterflies of the United States (1900) by Sherman F. Denton (1856-1937). Digitally enhanced from our own publication.

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Mangoes (Mangifera Indica) (1923) by Royal Charles Steadman.

Fish varieties set illustration from Résultats des Campagnes Scientifiques by Albert I, Prince of Monaco (1848–1922).

Salmon-crested cockatoo (1596–1610) by Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt.

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Vintage European style fruit stand illustration from Springfield and Clark County, An Illustrated History by William A. Kinnison (1881).

Tropical Plants illustration from the kings tombs in Thebes by Giovanni Battista Belzoni (1778-1823) from Plates illustrative of the researches and operations in Egypt and Nubia (1820).

Palm tree from Our Knowledge Of The Earth. General Geography And Area Studies, Edited Under The Expert Assistance Of A. Kirchhoff (1886).

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

Asplenium Monanthemum and A. Flabellifolium from Ferns: British and Exotic (1856-1860) by Edward Joseph Lowe.

Acrostichum Brevipes from Ferns: British and Exotic (1856-1860) by Edward Joseph Lowe.

Adiantum Capillus–Veneris (Southern Maidenhair Fern) from Ferns: British and Exotic (1856-1860) by Edward Joseph Lowe.

Aspidium Cicutarium from Ferns: British and Exotic (1856-1860) by Edward Joseph Lowe.

Aspidium Aculeatum from Ferns: British and Exotic (1856-1860) by Edward Joseph Lowe.

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Polypodium Sepultum and P. Asplenioides from Ferns: British and Exotic (1856-1860) by Edward Joseph Lowe.

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Polypodium Nitidum from Ferns: British and Exotic (1856-1860) by Edward Joseph Lowe.

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Acrostichum Crassinerve from Ferns: British and Exotic (1856-1860) by Edward Joseph Lowe.

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Asplenium Trichomanes (Maidenhair Spleenwort) from Ferns: British and Exotic (1856-1860) by Edward Joseph Lowe.

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Polypodium Lepidopodum from Ferns: British and Exotic (1856-1860) by Edward Joseph Lowe.

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Asplenium Pulchellum and Asplenium Pumilum from Ferns: British and Exotic (1856-1860) by Edward Joseph Lowe.

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Mangosteens (Garcinia Mangostana) (1904) by Deborah Griscom Passmore.

Reinforced Tree Fern from Our Knowledge Of The Earth. General Geography And Area Studies, Edited Under The Expert Assistance Of A. Kirchhoff (1886).

Copied paintings from the tombs of Nevoethph and Menothph from Monuments de l'Égypte et de la Nubie (1835–1845) by Jean François Champollion (1790–1832).

Aspidium Lonchitis from Ferns: British and Exotic (1856-1860) by Edward Joseph Lowe.

Polypodium Owariense from Ferns: British and Exotic (1856-1860) by Edward Joseph Lowe.

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Asplenium Petrarchae from Ferns: British and Exotic (1856-1860) by Edward Joseph Lowe.

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Vintage Victorian style tree engraving.

Vintage European style palm tree engraving by James Dwight Dana (1875).

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Vintage Victorian style tree engraving.

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Adiantum Pedatum (Northern Maidenhair Fern) from Ferns: British and Exotic (1856-1860) by Edward Joseph Lowe.

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Niphobolus Pertusus from Ferns: British and Exotic (1856-1860) by Edward Joseph Lowe.

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Polypodium Spectabile–Pinna from Ferns: British and Exotic (1856-1860) by Edward Joseph Lowe.

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Plantae Selectae: No. 58–Corallodendron or Coral Tree by Georg Dionysius Ehret.

Polypodium Karwinskianum from Ferns: British and Exotic (1856-1860) by Edward Joseph Lowe.

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Hemionitis Palmata (Star Fern) from Ferns: British and Exotic (1856-1860) by Edward Joseph Lowe.

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Asplenium Viride (Green Spleenwort) from Ferns: British and Exotic (1856-1860) by Edward Joseph Lowe.

Illustration of Toco and Rhinoceros bird from Zoological lectures delivered at the Royal institution in the years 1806-7 illustrated by George Shaw (1751-1813).

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Geographische Naturkunde oder Grundzüge einer Allgemeinen Naturgeschichte der drei Reiche, mit physiognomischer Schilderung der Erdoberfläche (1850) by Wilhelm Ebel.

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

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Lomaria Nuda. (Fishbone Waterfern)–Fertile and Barren F. from Ferns: British and Exotic (1856-1860) by Edward Joseph Lowe.

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

Platyloma Flexuosafrom Ferns: British and Exotic (1856-1860) by Edward Joseph Lowe.

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Gymnogramma Chrysophylla from Ferns: British and Exotic (1856-1860) by Edward Joseph Lowe.

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

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Adiantum Caudatum. (Walking Maidenhair) and A. Reniforme from Ferns: British and Exotic (1856-1860) by Edward Joseph Lowe.

Mangosteens (Garcinia Mangostana) (1915) by Amanda Almira Newton.

Onoclea Sensibilis (Sensitive Fern) from Ferns: British and Exotic (1856-1860) by Edward Joseph Lowe.

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Deep sea fish varieties set illustration from Résultats des Campagnes Scientifiques by Albert I , Prince of Monaco (1848–1922).

Abraliopsis morisii, bioluminescent squid illustration from Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition, German Deep Sea Expedition (1898–1899) by Carl Chun.

Tropical tree from Manual Of Geology, Treating Of The Principles Of The Science With Special Reference To American Geological History... Revised Edition published by Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor & Co, (1880).

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Aladdin's Lamp Christmas and birthday cards with poems by Joaquin Miller, peacock feathers

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Cupid Inspiring Plants with Love from The Temple of Flora (1807) by Robert John Thornton.

Red nose bear or coatimundi, Nasua nasua (1596–1610) by Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt.

Asplenium Palmatum from Ferns: British and Exotic (1856-1860) by Edward Joseph Lowe.

Polypodium Gracilis and P. Repens from Ferns: British and Exotic (1856-1860) by Edward Joseph Lowe.

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Adiantum Wilsoni from Ferns: British and Exotic (1856-1860) by Edward Joseph Lowe.

Hymenophyllum Cruentum and H. Tunbridgense from Ferns: British and Exotic (1856-1860) by Edward Joseph Lowe.

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Convolvulus Pink Mayflower from Poets in the Garden published by T. Fisher Unwin (1886).

Seahorse from The Zoological Miscellany; being descriptions of new or interesting animals (1814) published by William Elford Leach.

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Nothochloena Crassifolia and Nothochloena Trichomanoides from Ferns: British and Exotic (1856-1860) by Edward Joseph Lowe.

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Asian elephant, Elephas maximus (1596–1610) by Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt.

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Anemidictyon Phyllitidis from Ferns: British and Exotic (1856-1860) by Edward Joseph Lowe.

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Platycerium Grande (Giant Staghorn Fern) from Ferns: British and Exotic (1856-1860) by Edward Joseph Lowe.

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Red-tailed Tropic Bird (Phaeton phoenicurus)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).

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Polypodium Peltideum from Ferns: British and Exotic (1856-1860) by Edward Joseph Lowe.

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Copied paintings from the tombs of Nevoethph and Menothph from Monuments de l'Égypte et de la Nubie (1835–1845) by Jean François Champollion (1790–1832).

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

Tropical House Gecko

Tropical Garden

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Principe Island

The Children Found by Fidelio

Hercules Beetle

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In the Midst of This Snare

Lesser Frigatebird

Taro

Amazonian Motmot

Paul et Virginie—Frontispiece

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