87 Free Artworks of Vintage Summer Public Domain

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

Dandelion, Taraxacum officinale (1596–1610) by Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt.

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Summer Duck illustration from The Naturalist's Miscellany (1789-1813) by George Shaw (1751-1813)

Vintage illustration of beurre dance, beurre diel, summer beurre d' aremberg pears digitally enhanced from our own vintage edition of The Fruit Grower's Guide (1891) by John Wright.

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

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De Candolle's talaum tree from Edwards’s Botanical Register (1829—1847) by Sydenham Edwards, John Lindley, and James Ridgway.

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Summer, or Wood Duck from Birds of America (1827) by John James Audubon, etched by William Home Lizars.

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

Nightingale, luscinia megarhynchos (1596–1610) by Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt.

Mr.Aiton's ipomoea from Edwards’s Botanical Register (1829—1847) by Sydenham Edwards, John Lindley, and James Ridgway.

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European Oyster Catcher, Grey Phalarope (Summer Plumage), Purre or Dunlin (Summer Plumage), Ringed Dotterel, Turnstone (Summer Plumage) 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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Gray's invincible camellia from Edwards’s Botanical Register (1829—1847) by Sydenham Edwards, John Lindley, and James Ridgway.

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

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

Summer grape (Vites vinifera bicolor) from Pomona Italiana (1817 - 1839) by Giorgio Gallesio (1772-1839).

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

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

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

Laurel-leaved custard apple from Edwards’s Botanical Register (1829—1847) by Sydenham Edwards, John Lindley, and James Ridgway.

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

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

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

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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.

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

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

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Bunge's lychnis flowers from Edwards’s Botanical Register (1829—1847) by Sydenham Edwards, John Lindley, and James Ridgway.

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

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Knob-jointed dipladenia from Edwards’s Botanical Register (1829—1847) by Sydenham Edwards, John Lindley, and James Ridgway.

The brick-red Chinese azalea from Edwards’s Botanical Register (1829—1847) by Sydenham Edwards, John Lindley, and James Ridgway.

Red-Edged Fig Marigold from Edwards’s Botanical Register (1829—1847) by Sydenham Edwards, John Lindley, and James Ridgway.

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

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Red deer from A Summer in Norway ... Also, an Account of the Red-Deer, Reindeer and Elk (1875) published by John Dean Caton.

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

Scarlet Ipomoea, Honeysuckle, White Heath and Sweet Sulian from The Language of Flowers, or, Floral Emblems of Thoughts, Feelings, and Sentiments (1896) by Robert Tyas.

128. The Hooded Warbler (Wilsonia mitrata) 129. The Blackpoll Warbler (Sylvicola striata) 130. The Summer Yellowbird (Sylvicola æstiva) illustration from Zoology of New York (1842–1844) by James Ellsworth De Kay.

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

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Illustration of a lady in Summer dress from Picturesque Representations of the Dress and Manners of the English(1814) by William Alexander (1767-1816).

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

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

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Wild European reindeer from A Summer in Norway ... Also, an Account of the Red-Deer, Reindeer and Elk (1875) published by John Dean Caton.

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

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Pott's Chinese peony from Edwards’s Botanical Register (1829—1847) by Sydenham Edwards, John Lindley, and James Ridgway.

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

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Brasilian red-coat from Edwards’s Botanical Register (1829—1847) by Sydenham Edwards, John Lindley, and James Ridgway.

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red speckled-flowered Alstromeria from Edwards’s Botanical Register (1829—1847) by Sydenham Edwards, John Lindley, and James Ridgway.

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Mourvaison printed in 1910, by Jules Troncy (1855-1915), a vintage lithograph of fresh cluster of grapes. Digitally enhanced from our own original plate.

Muscadine, Vitis rotundifolia with Summer Red Bird. Birds of America [double elephant folio edition], Audubon, J.J., (1826-1838) [J.J. Audubon]

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Hypericum leschenaultii [as Hypericum triflorum] Upright growing shrub or small tree, with lax red stems, blue green leaves, and waxy, bright golden yellow flowers, with red highlights. Summer blooming. The garden. , vol. 23 (1883)

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Summer flowering cosmos. R. & J. Farquhar & Co. (1901)

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Sobralia xantholeuca. Bamboo-like canes hold large, Cattleya-like flowers. Repeat blooms. A cool weather, summer blooming orchid from Mexico and Guatamala. The garden. An illustrated…, vol. 22 (1882)

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Les Quatre Saisons - Hiver (Winter) by Alfons Mucha (1896)

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Lavender mountain lily, Iily-of-the-Altai. Ixiolirion tataricum. Dark violet to light blue flowers from late spring to mid summer. Bulbous perennial native from Russia to Afghanistan. Illustration by Sarah Ann Drake (1844)

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Agapanthus and Swallowtail butterfly. Blue lily and large butterfly, natal. By Marianne North (1882)

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Hops vine. Humulus lupulus. The fragrant flowers of this vine, provide bitterness, flavor, and preservative properties.

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Yellow Horned Poppy (Glaucium flavum, as Chelidenium glaucium), and Gum Cistus ( Cistus creticus, as Cistus ladaniferus). The new botanic garden (1812)

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Silver thistle, dwarf carline thistle. Carlina acaulis. Album de la flora medico-farmaceutica e industrial, indígina y exótica, Argenta, C.M. de (1863)

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American sycamore (Platanus occidentalis) with Summer Redbind. Catesby, M., The natural history of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands, vol. 1, t. 56 (1754)

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Cupid's bower, magic flower. Achimenes longiflora. Perennial plants produce 2 inch, violet-blue flowers summer to fall. Deep green leaves, marked red underneath. Transactions of the royal horticultural society of London, (1842) [S.A. Drake]

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Gloxinia tubiflora. Herbier général de l’amateur. Deuxième Série, vol. 3 (1839-50)

Stemless gentian. Gentiana acaulis. Perennial flower with Intense blue blooms on low growing, evergreen plants. Flowers in late spring and summer. Native to central and southern Europe. Usually found at high elevations. By P.J. Redoute (1827)

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Chilean Tree Mallow, Grape Leaf Abutilon. Corynabutilon vitifolium [as Abutilon vitifolium]. Grows up to 20 feet tall. The garden. An illustrated… , vol. 23- (1883)..

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Rose Alfred K. Williams. The garden. An illustrated weekly journal of horticulture in all its branches [ed. William Robinson], vol. 22- (1882)

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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)

Wintergreen. Gaultheria procumbens. American medicinal plants, - an illustrated and descriptive guide to the American plants used as homopathic remedies, vol. 1 (c1887)

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Uva-ursi, Bear berry, kinnikinnick. Arctostaphtylos uva-ursi. American medicinal plants, - an illustrated and descriptive guide to the American plants used as homopathic remedies, vol. 1 (c1887)

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Hibiscus grandiflorus and Blue-winged Yellow Warbler. Birds of America [double elephant folio edition], Audubon, J.J., (1826-1838) [J.J. Audubon]

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Chinese-foxglove. Rehmannia piasezkii. Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, vol. 134- ser. 4, vol. 4, (1908) [Mathilda Smith]

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China poinciana. Caesalpinia pulcherrima. The American flora vol. 2, by Strong, Asa B. (1855)

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Peony of the Alps. Paeonia peregrina. The American flora vol. 2, by Strong, Asa B. (1855)

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Hepatica, liverwort, kidneywort, pennywort. Anemone hepatica. Late winter, and spring flowering perennial. Grows in deep shade, or full sun. Heavy or sandy soils. Needs moisture and winter snow cover. American medicinal plants, vol. 1 (c1887)

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White poppy, Breadseed poppy. Papaver somniferum. The American flora vol. 2, by Strong, Asa B. (1855)

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Fringed Dendrobium. Dendrobium fimbriatum. The American flora vol. 2, by Strong, Asa B. (1855)

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Mezereum. Daphne mezereum. Stronly scented early spring flowers appear before leaves. Fruit is bright red and extremely poisonous to all but fruit eating birds. The American flora vol. 2, by Strong, Asa B. (1855)

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Rose bay, Tree Rhododendron. Rhododendron arboreum. Bright red flowers on evergreen large shrub or small Tree. The national flower of Nepal. The American flora vol. 2, by Strong, Asa B. (1855)

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Cornutia pyramidata. Evergreen bush or small tree with spikes of enormous purple to blue flowers in spring and summer.

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Rock purslane, Large rosy caliandra. Cistanthe grandiflora. [as Calandrinia grandiflora] Large flowers summer to early fall. Plants grow up 12-18 inches tall. Tender perennial, usually grown as an annual. The garden, vol. 19 (1881)

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Rock purslane. Cistanthe grandiflora. Annual or tender perennial to 12-18 inches tall. Blooms mid summer to early fall. Edwards’s Botanical Register, vol. 25 (1839) [S.A. Drake]

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Butterlfy Bush. Buddleja curviflora. Native to Japan and Taiwan. L'illustration Horticole vol. 17 (1870)

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Walker's Cattleya (Cattleya walkeriana). Fragrant flowers with pink petals and rose-purple lips bloom from late winter to early summer.

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Water forget-me-not (Myosotis scorpioides). Redouté, P.J., Choix des plus belles fleurs et des plus beaux fruits, t. 112 (1833) [P.J. Redoute]

Red Passion Flower. Passiflora racemosa. Vivid red summer flowers to 5 inches across, on evergreen, 15+ foot vines. Choix des plus belles fleurs -et des plus beaux fruits par P.J. Redouté. (1833)

Orange Robin. Lychnis coronata [as Lychnis grandiflora] Perennial 12-18 inches tall, with Ffowers from May through early summer. Choix des plus belles Find fleurs -et des plus beaux fruits par P.J. Redouté. (1833)

Pear Branch (Pyrus Communis)(1893) by Deborah Griscom Passmore.

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

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Tropical tree from The West From Notebook Of A Traveler. In The Land Of Veddas, Ceylon... With 116 Figures From Sketches And Photographs Of The Author And A Map (1892).

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