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

Courtesans Dressing and Making Up

Hishikawa Sori 菱川宗理 (active 1789-1818)

A sake bout

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)

Landscapes of the Four Seasons: Spring and Summer

Hishikawa Sori 菱川宗理 (active 1789-1818)

Shamisen Player

Kitagawa Utamaro II 喜多川歌麿 二代目 (died 1831?)

Landscape with hill, trees, and moonrise

Komai Genki 駒井源琦 (1747-1797)

Pink and white flowers and straw coverings

Sakai Hoitsu 酒井抱一 (1761-1828)

Interior scene of a party with <em>geisha</em> and clients

Utagawa Toyoharu (1735-1814)

Uzume (Okame) and flowers

Signature of Ogata Kenzan 尾形 乾山 (1663-1743)

Carp 鯉図

Kuroda Toko 黒田稲皐 (1785-1846)

Shiva and Parvati on a tiger skin: Anakūl Nayaka folio from a <em>Rasamanjari</em>

Attributed to Golu, son of Devidasa

The Six Master Poets

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)

A crouching, snarling tiger

Gantoku Aoki (1804-1859)

Landscape: clam-gatherers on the shore

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)

A Dancer, Kiyohime, a cherry tree and the bell of Dojo-ji

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)

A Courtesan and her attendant

Utagawa Toyoharu (1735-1814)

Two women under a willow tree

Katsukawa Shunsho 勝川春章 (1726-1792)

Summer sake sippers

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)

Sleeping Man

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)

Jarasandha’s army advances toward Krishna and Balarama, folio from a <em>Mahabharata</em>

Attributed to Purkhu (active ca. 1780-ca. 1820)

A Cloth Merchant

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)

A Sambaso Dancer

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)

Court ladies playing with fireworks

Attributed to Muhammad Afzal (active 1740-1780)

Landscape: river, town and mist

Utagawa Hiroshige II 歌川広重 二世 (1826-1869)

Seven women walking near a football court

Katsukawa Shunsho 勝川春章 (1726-1792)

Spring landscape

Utagawa Hiroshige II 歌川広重 二世 (1826-1869)

Rooster

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)

Zhong Kui (Shoki) killing a demon

Attributed to Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)

A Tortoise

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)

River and red sun

Kano Isen'in 狩野伊川院 (1775-1828)

Courtesans of the Three Capitals: Kyoto, Osaka, and Edo

Tsukioka Settei 月岡雪鼎 (1710-1786)

Courtesan and Maid

Utagawa Toyokuni I 歌川豊国 (1769-1825)

Three figures reading

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)

Two girls on a balcony overlooking the sea

Kitao Shigemasa 北尾重政 (1739-1820)

Seated figure of a woman

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)

Deer

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)

Standing figure of a tall girl

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)

Two cups decorated respectively with pine and plum

Style of Ogata Korin 尾形光琳 (1658-1716)

Two men returning from cherry blossom viewing

Tawaraya Sori III (fl. ca. late 18th-early 19th century)

Two sketches: lady playing samisen and lady with back to observer looks between open shoji

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)

A woman and a wood gatherer under a cherry tree

Tawaraya Sori III (fl. ca. late 18th-early 19th century)

Ascending dragon

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)

Men dancing, and miscellaneous figures

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)

Lakshmi massaging the foot of Vishnu

Composition attributed to Nainsukh (active ca. 1710-1778)

River-landscape: lumber yards and rafts

Utagawa Hiroshige II 歌川広重 二世 (1826-1869)

Famous Sites of Edo

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (1797-1858)

A Courtesan and attendant

Kitao Masanobu 北尾政演 (1761-1816)

Drooping cherry branches in blossom

Attributed to Sakai Hoitsu 酒井抱一 (1761-1828)

Dragon and clouds

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)

Young woman reading a letter

Ishikawa Toyonobu 石川豊信 (1711-1785)

Five musicians playing drums

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)

An amusement resort at the seashore

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)

River landscape

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)

Man wringing out his robe

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)

A butterfly and a flowering plant

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)

Peacock

Mori Sosen (1747-1821)

Goose flying in front of the moon

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)

Woman, a baby and a young girl

Katsukawa Shunsho 勝川春章 (1726-1792)

A Priest (Kōbō Daishi) practicing the Tantra, a demon before him, and a wolf behind

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)

A Seated Man Looking at Potted Peonies

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)

Bird and fruit

Wu Zhang (1671-after 1741)