56 Free Artworks of Vintage Forest Illustration

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Hummingbird (1688-1698) by Johan Teyler (1648-1709).

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Orchid Blossoms (1873) by Martin Johnson Heade.

Polecat, Mustela putorius (1596–1610) by Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt.

Bomen in de omgeving van Subiaco (trees in the Subiaco area) by Joseph August Knip (1777–1847).

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Christmas Card Depicting Winter Landscapes with Dogs, Rabbits, and Birds (1865–1899) by L. Prang & Co.

Asiatic elephant from Johnson's Household Book of Nature (1880) by John Karst (1836-1922).

Forest nymphs from In Fairy Land A Series Of Pictures From The Elf-World published by Longmans & Co. (1870).

Naked woman showing her breasts, vintage nude illustration. Nude in Forest (1908–1916) by Louis M. Eilshemius. Original from The Smithsonian. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.

Cerfs from L'animal dans la décoration (1897) illustrated by Maurice Pillard Verneuil.

Little Paulina, Christmas in Russia (1906) by Anna Robinson and Mary Cowden Clarke.

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Barbekark dogs hunting the reindeer illustration from Life with the Esquimaux (1864) by Charles Francis Hall.

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Royal bengal tiger from Johnson's household book of nature (1880) by John Karst (1836-1922).

Vintage European style moose engraving from Nimrod in the North, Or, Hunting and Fishing Adventures in the Arctic Regions by Frederick Schwatka (1885).

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Natural Scenery and Phenomena from A History of the Earth and Animated Nature (1820) by Oliver Goldsmith (1730-1774). Digitally enhanced from our own original edition.

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Canoe and a camera, a two hundred mile tour through the Maine forests published by Orange Judd Co. (1880).

Dragonfly on a flower illustration from Churui Gafu (1910) by Morimoto Toko. Digitally enhanced from our own original edition.

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The Golden - Veined Anaectochilus print from the book Gems of Nature and Art (1870), a vintage botany print of gorgeously colorful leaves. Digitally enhanced from our own original plate.

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Fern from Elementary Geology (1842) published by Edward Schmid.

Deer, Cervidae (1596–1610) by Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt.

Bee eater and a Songbird by Johan Teyler (1648-1709.)

Wild deer from The Poetical Works Of Oliver Goldsmith (1888).

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

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The Sacred Wood (Le Bois Sacré) (1900) painting in high resolution by Maurice Denis. Original from The Public Institution Paris Musées. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.

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

Vintage moose illustration from The Polar Regions of the Western Continent Explored (1831) by William Joseph Snelling.

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

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Blue tit, cyanistes caeruleus and great tit, parus major (1596–1610) by Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt.

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

Vintage European style bear engraving from The Polar Regions Of The Western Continent Explored; Embracing A Geographical Account of Iceland, Greenland, The Islands of The Frozen Sea, and The Northern Parts of The American Continent by William Joseph Snelling (1831).

Cattelya orchid with 3 Brazilian hummingbirds. A painting of the Amazon rain forest by Martin Johnson Heade (1871)

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Charles Martin (1884-1934), ‘Dans la forêt décapitée’ (In the Decapitated Forest), La Vie Parisienne, 1916.

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Diamonds and Toads

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Wild boar, Sus scrofa (1596–1610) by Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt.

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Rosy Tinted Laelia. Laelia rubescens [as Laelia peduncularis]. Fragrant pink flowers on 3 foot long spikes. Grows on tree trunks in deciduous forests of Mexico and Central America.

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Acineta superba. Fragrant, long-lasting, 3 inch flowers in blended shades of red, brown, and white. Grows in the canopy of mountain forests of Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.

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Rossioglossum insleayi [as Oncidium insleayi] Fragrant, bright, bicolor, 3-4 inch flowers, in fall and winter. Epiphytic orchid native to Mexico's oak and pine forests. Illustration by Sarah Ann Drake

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Guarianthe skinneri [as Cattleya skinneri] The national flower of Costa Rica, it is called "Guaria Morada." Grows on trees and rocks at moderate elvetations, in humid forests. Illustration by Agusta Innes Withers.

Acineta superba. Fragrant, long-lasting, 3 inch flowers in blended shades of red, brown, and white. Grows in the canopy of mountain forests of Venezuela to Peru. Edwards’s Botanical Register, vol. 29 (1843) [S.A. Drake]

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Stanhopea ruckeri. Flowers carries mild cinnamon scent similar to the candy "Hot Tamales." Grows at elevations of 2,600-4,600 feet in mountain forests of Mexico and Central America. Edwards’s Botanical Register, vol. 31, (1845) [Sarah Ann Drake]

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Hasselt's Dendrobium. Dendrobium hasseltii. Honey scented flowers in late summer and fall. Grows in moss at altitudes of 5,000 to 10,000 feet in the mountain forests of Sumatra, Java and Malaysia. By Sarah Ann Drake (1847)

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Meriania purpurea. Native to the higher elevations of Caribbean Islands. Tussac, F.R., Flore des Antilles, (1808)

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Ma Canne. BAL2007.32, En 1828

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The Wolverine from Nimrod In The North, Or Hunting And Fishing Adventures In The Arctic Regions published by Cassell & Co. (1885).

Owls from Griset's Grotesques (1867) published by Tom Hood.

Flying squirrel, on a branch by Jean Bernard (1775-1883).

Christmas Dinner (1907) by The Forest Inn, Sommerville, SC.

The Wolverine from Nimrod In The North, Or Hunting And Fishing Adventures In The Arctic Regions published by Cassell & Co. (1885).

The Fairy Queen Takes an Airy Drive in a Light Carriage, a Twelve–in–hand, drawn by Thoroughbred Butterflies (1870) by Richard Doyle.

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Skeleton of a man from Adventures In The Great Forest Of Equatorial Africa And The Country Of The Dwarfs... An Abridged...Edition...With...Illustrations published by J. Murray (1890).

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