3,444 Free Artworks of Vintage Botanical Illustration

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The 18th century illustration of a basket filled with lemons and their leaves and blossoms; one lemon partially peeled, a wedge sitting on the ground.

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

illustration tree

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

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

Cystopteris Montana (Mountain Bladderfern) from Ferns: British and Exotic (1856-1860) by Edward Joseph Lowe.

Pomegranate (Punica granatum) from Pomona Italiana (1817 - 1839) by Giorgio Gallesio (1772-1839).

Study of Mushrooms (1880) by Mary Vaux Walcott.

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

Columbine, Marigold and Pheasant's Eye from The Language of Flowers, or, Floral Emblems of Thoughts, Feelings, and Sentiments (1896) by Robert Tyas.

illustration nature

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

Fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium) (1902) by Mary Vaux Walcott.

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

The 18th century illustration of pair of brown birds with blossoms, berries, and a butterfly.

illustration butterfly

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

Persimmon (Diospyros) (1889) by William Henry Prestele.

Thistle (Cirsium arizonica) (1938) by Mary Vaux Walcott.

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

Iris Subbiflora from The genus Iris by William Rickatson Dykes (1877-1925). Digitally enhanced by rawpixel

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

illustration plants

Wine-stained godetia from Edwards’s Botanical Register (1829—1847) by Sydenham Edwards, John Lindley, and James Ridgway.

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

Iris Trojana from The genus Iris by William Rickatson Dykes (1877-1925). Digitally enhanced by rawpixel

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Anemone tenuifolia flore semipleno vivido cinnabaris rubore splenoens, Anemone cremisino, Anemone (ca. 1772 –1793) by Giorgio Bonelli.

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

tropical branch

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

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

Vintage illustration of early transparent gage, river's early prolific plum digitally enhanced from our own vintage edition of The Fruit Grower's Guide (1891) by John Wright.

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

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

Christmas Card Depicting Botanical Ornamentation (1865–1899) by L. Prang & Co.

Vintage Victorian style tree engraving.

botanical garden

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

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

illustration fern

Peony, Paeonia (1596–1610) by Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt.

Artichoke, Cyanara scolymus (1596–1610) by Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt.

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

illustration fruits

Papaver hortense nigro semine, sylvestre Dioscoridis, nigrum Plinii, Ital. Papavero negro. Gall. Pavot (ca. 1772 –1793) by Giorgio Bonelli.

Iris Xiphium Var Praecox from The genus Iris by William Rickatson Dykes (1877-1925). Digitally enhanced by rawpixel

illustration flower

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

Vintage flower illustration. Digitally enhanced from our own original plate.

French rose (Rosa gallica) illustration from Medical Botany (1836) by John Stephenson and James Morss Churchill.

illustration rose

Studie van bladeren (study of leaves) by Joseph August Knip (1777–1847).

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

background flower

Nutmeg (Myristica moschata) illustration from Medical Botany (1836) by John Stephenson and James Morss Churchill.

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

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).

Donckelaer's japan camelia from Edwards’s Botanical Register (1829—1847) by Sydenham Edwards, John Lindley, and James Ridgway.

illustration flower

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

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

Orchideae–Denusblumen / A. Giltsch, gem from Kunstformen der Natur (1904) by Ernst Haeckel.

illustration nature

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

illustration plants

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

creative commons botanical

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

botanical apricot

Natural History Ensemble, no. 17 (1596–1610) by Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt.

butterfly insects

Mad apple (ca. 1772 –1793) by Giorgio Bonelli.

The Rose, the Myrtle and the Ivy from The Language of Flowers, or, Floral Emblems of Thoughts, Feelings, and Sentiments (1896) by Robert Tyas.

Illustrations from the book European Butterflies and Moths by William Forsell Kirby (1882), a kaleidoscope of fluttering butterflies and caterpillars. Digitally enhanced from our own original plate.

Grape from Ischia (Viti vinifera vegetatione insana) from Pomona Italiana (1817 - 1839) by Giorgio Gallesio (1772-1839).

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

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

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

botanical painting

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

palm tree jungle

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

illustration tree

Vintage Christmas Card (1906) by H. I. Robbins Publisher.

christmas winter

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

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

illustration flower

The 18th century illustration of two brown birds with carnations and butterflies.

butterfly flower

The fruit grower's guide : Vintage illustration of king of pippins apple

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

The 18th century illustration of two birds on a branch of tulips with insects.

butterfly plants

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.

illustration food

Golden Barrel Cactus (Echinocactus rinaceus) from Iconographie descriptive des cactées by Charles Antoine Lemaire (1801–1871).

illustration ball

Walnut (Persica violacea) from Pomona Italiana (1817 - 1839) by Giorgio Gallesio (1772-1839).

Fig (Figus Carica) from Pomona Italiana (1817 - 1839) by Giorgio Gallesio (1772-1839).

Artichoke, Cynara scolymus, broad beans, Vicia faba and lampion plant, Physalis (1596–1610) by Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt.

vegetables food

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

illustration fruits

Studieblad met planten en watervogels (study sheet with plants and waterfowl) by Joseph August Knip (1777–1847).

illustration nature

Snakewort (Dorsternia contrajerva) illustration from Medical Botany (1836) by John Stephenson and James Morss Churchill.

Narrow leaved sollya from Edwards’s Botanical Register (1829—1847) by Sydenham Edwards, John Lindley, and James Ridgway.

background flower

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

Seersucker Plant (Dichorisandra Undata) 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

Strawberry Flowers (Fragaria) (1912) by Mary Daisy Arnold.

Plantae et papiliones rariores: No. 9–Daffodil, Cat's Claw, and Bur Buttercup by Georg Dionysius Ehret.

butterfly animals

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

Turk's Head Cactus (Echinocactus Horizonthalonius) from Iconographie descriptive des cactées by Charles Antoine Lemaire (1801–1871).

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

Vermentino grapes (Vitis ligustica feracissima) from Pomona Italiana (1817 - 1839) by Giorgio Gallesio (1772-1839).

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

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

Trebbiano grapes (Vitis vinifera Trebulana Florentina) from Pomona Italiana (1817 - 1839) by Giorgio Gallesio (1772-1839).

illustration fruits

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

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

illustration design

German Apricot from Pomona Italiana (1817 - 1839) by Giorgio Gallesio (1772-1839).

antique apricot

Illustrations from the book of European Butterflies and Moths by William Forsell Kirby (1882), a kaleidoscope of fluttering butterflies and caterpillars. Digitally enhanced from our own original plate.

Blue Poppy (Meconopsis Simplicifolia) from Illustrations of Himalayan plants (1855) by W. H. (Walter Hood) Fitch (1817-1892).

Coffea arabica illustration from Medical Botany (1836) by John Stephenson and James Morss Churchill.

Coriander (Coriandrum sativum) illustration from Medical Botany (1836) by John Stephenson and James Morss Churchill.

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

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