18th century public domain art
Artworks created between 1701 and 1800, drawn from every collection indexed here. Free to download, with colour palettes and print sizes measured from each file.
Works in 18th century public domain art

Martha Washington
Unidentified Artist

David Ramsay
Charles Willson Peale, 15 Apr 1741 - 22 Feb 1827

Bishop George Berkeley
Unidentified Artist

John Winthrop
Unidentified Artist

George Washington
William Clarke, c. 1760 - after 1806

Unidentified Man
Unidentified Artist

John Laurens
Charles Willson Peale, 15 Apr 1741 - 22 Feb 1827

John Adams
John Trumbull, 6 Jun 1756 - 10 Nov 1843

Robert Morris
Robert Edge Pine, 1730 - 18 Nov 1788

Thomas Pinckney
John Trumbull, 6 Jun 1756 - 10 Nov 1843

Benjamin Franklin
Joseph Siffred Duplessis, 22 Sep 1725 - 1 Apr 1802

Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer
John Hesselius, 1728 - 9 Apr 1778

Daniel Leonard
Unidentified Artist

Benjamin West
James Smith, 1749 - 1794

Thomas Hancock
John Singleton Copley, 3 Jul 1738 - 9 Sep 1815

Bishop George Berkeley
John Smibert, 1688 - 1751

Thomas Jefferson
Mather Brown, 7 Oct 1761 - 25 May 1831

Thomas McKean
Charles Willson Peale, 15 Apr 1741 - 22 Feb 1827

Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
John Trumbull, 6 Jun 1756 - 10 Nov 1843

Lewis Morris
John Wollaston, c. 1710 - c. 1767

Samuel Seabury
Ralph Earl, 11 May 1751 - 16 Aug 1801

Travelers
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)

Goose
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)

The poet Sundar Das before Emperor Shah Jahan, folio from a <em>Sundar Shringar</em>
Attributed to Nainsukh (active ca. 1710-1778)

Man with broom and cloth
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)

Descending dragon
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)

Young man
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)

Maharao Umed Singh hunting tigers
Hans Raj Joshi (1750-1799)

Kabuki actors
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)

Courtesan
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)

Bamboo stems with branches and foliage
Kishi Ganku 岸駒 (1749-1838)

Standing figure of a man
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)

The Calligrapher
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)

Interior: a courtesan writing; another looking on
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)

The Lion Dance
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)

A courtesan standing near a clothes rack
Hishikawa Sori 菱川宗理 (active 1789-1818)

A courtesan and her attendant under a cherry tree
Tawaraya Sori III (fl. ca. late 18th-early 19th century)

The sage-physician Dhanvantari, folio from the “Sixth” <em>Bhagavata Purana</em> series, also known as the “small” Guler-Basohli series
Attributed to Manaku (active ca.1700-1760)

Snowscape after Guo Xi 《仿郭熙雪景圖》
Li Yin 李寅 (active 1694-1710)

A forlorn lover, fragment from a Rasamanjari
Attributed to the workshop of Golu, son of Devidasa

Birds, fruit, and flowers
Wu Zhang (1671-after 1741)

Walking figure of a courtesan
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)

Seated courtesan
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)

Cherry blossom viewing
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)

Two Entertainers Strolling on the New Year
Attributed to Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)

Man and boy
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)

A Running horse
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)

A Maid preparing to dust
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)

Street scene during a festival
Yamamoto Fujinobu (1750-1770)

The Goddess Chang'e in the Lunar Palace
Formerly attributed to Zhou Wenju (傳)周文矩 (active mid-10th century)

Swimming turtle amongst sea-weeds
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)

Swimming carp
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)

Landscape: boatman poling his raft
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)

Sketch for a woodblock print
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)

Young Crow and Maple Leaves
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)

A man with a fan, butterflies, and a bowl of water
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)

Laborers
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)

Utai no Shisho
Numata Gessai 沼田月斎 (1787-1864)

The Actors Ichikawa Danjuro II as Soga no Goro and Ogawa Zengoro as Kudo Suketsune
Torii Kiyonobu 鳥居清信 (1664-1729)

A visit to a temple
Attributed to Faqirullah Khan (active 1720-1770)