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
River landscape and temple in the rain
Utagawa Hiroshige II 歌川広重 二世 (1826-1869)
Pomegranates
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)
A courtesan helping a man to dress
Kitao Shigemasa 北尾重政 (1739-1820)
Krishna and his family admire a solar eclipse, perhaps a page from the “Kangra/Modi” <em>Bhagavata Purana</em>
First generation after Nainsukh (active ca. 1710-1778)
Tuning the Samisen
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)
A courtesan under a cherry tree
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)
Landscape: two of the four seasons; autumn and winter
Hishikawa Sori 菱川宗理 (active 1789-1818)
Birds and fruit
Wu Zhang (1671-after 1741)
Snow-laden pine and shrub
Signature of Ogata Kenzan 尾形 乾山 (1663-1743)
Fireman climbing up a flag pole
Tsutsumi Torin III (ca. 1743-1820)
A Man sitting with large sword
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)
River landscape: red foliage and Mount Fuji
Utagawa Hiroshige II 歌川広重 二世 (1826-1869)
Woman facing the right, beckoning
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)
A fat old man sitting beside a large bell
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)
River landscape: village and tall trees
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)
Man carrying back-pack and lantern
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)
Three shirabyoshi drinking sake heated over a fire of autumn leaves
Hokuga (fl. early 19th century)
Yang Kuei-fei
Chobunsai Eishi 鳥文斎栄之 (1756-1829)
A courtesan standing
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)
A yujo and two understudies (<em>kamuro</em>)
Ishikawa Toyonobu 石川豊信 (1711-1785)
Burning a Buddhist Image
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)
Moon and Autumn Plants
Sakai Hoitsu 酒井抱一 (1761-1828)
Hawk and fish
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)
A raja hunting wild boars, design for a scabbard
Attributed to Shevdar Gangeyagi (active 1740-1770)
Pigeon
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)
Murasaki Shikibu composing the Tale of Genji at Ishiyamadera
Gakutei Harunobu (active ca. 1813-ca. 1868)
Clear and chilly morning
Yuan Jiang (ca. 1694-1743)
Autumn: Two women gazing at the reflection of the moon
Kubo Shunman 窪俊満 (1757-1820)
Bird, fruit, and flowers
Wu Zhang (1671-after 1741)
An old mouse (?) dressed in a black robe
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)
The Six Immortal Poets
Hishikawa Sori 菱川宗理 (active 1789-1818)
Rose mallow
Style of Ogata Kenzan 尾形 乾山 (1663-1743)
Arashiyama in Snow
Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (1797-1858)
Girl playing with a battledore and shuttlecock
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)
Landscape: mountains, stream and boats
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)
Ryogoku Bridge
Utagawa Toyoharu (1735-1814)
An immortal and a deer looking at a dragon overhead
Tuan Shigen (mid 18th century)
Moonlight Revelry at Dozo Sagami
Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿 (1753-1806)
Buddhist figure
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)
Woman walking in a breeze
Utagawa Toyoharu (1735-1814)
Fugen Bosatsu seated on an elephant
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)
A Young Woman with a Cage of Fireflies
Shiba Kokan 司馬江漢 (1747-1818)
Crane
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)
Old woman seated on bench before whom a man with fan dances
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)
Two girls dressed as manzai performers
Utagawa Toyohiro 歌川豊広 (1773-1828)
An Oiran standing by a plum tree
Kuniyuki Utagawa
Two girls under umbrella in snowstorm
Style of Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿 (1753-1806)
Turtle resting on a scroll
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)
Three women under a flowering cherry tree at the seashore
Utagawa Toyokuni I 歌川豊国 (1769-1825)
A tree and four red torii
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)
Peony
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)
Buddhist allegory of a priest burning cherry branches
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)
Standing warrior in full armor
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)
A Spirit from the Hyaku Monogatari
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)
Two women and a girl on the seashore
Utagawa Toyoharu (1735-1814)
Autumn landscape
Utagawa Hiroshige II 歌川広重 二世 (1826-1869)
Krishna fluting, folio from a Dasavatar series
Attributed to the Master of the Court of Mankot (active early 18th century)
Woman with back to observer playing samisen
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)
Sketch of a courtesan
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)
Landscape: parties of men and women looking at cherry blossoms
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)