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

Design for a Book Illustration: a Man Approaching a Woman Playing a Harp

Anonymous, German, 19th century

Design for a Book Illustration: a Soldier Approaching a Couple

Anonymous, German, 19th century

Design for a Book Illustration: Two Women Dancing around a Plant

Anonymous, German, 19th century

Design for Wall Decoration

Pierre François Léonard Fontaine

Design for a Book Illustration: Two Women in a Pawn Shop

Anonymous, German, 19th century

Design for a Title Page Sheet Music

Anonymous, German, 19th century

Various Ornamental Designs

Anonymous, German, 19th century

Design for a Mantelpiece with the Arms of Bavaria(?)

Anonymous, German, 19th century

Design for a Stage set Showing the Interior of a Palace (recto); Architectural Sketch (verso)

Josef Platzer

Design for Frame with Ecclesiastical Motifs

Johann Oktavian Salver

Design for a Frame with Flowers, Feathers, Leaves, and Grapes

Johann Oktavian Salver

Design for Frame with Trees and Trellises

Johann Oktavian Salver

Design for the Stucco Decoration of a Rococo Ceiling

Johann Oktavian Salver

Design for a Title Page(?): Rocks and Animals

Joseph Martin Nideröst

Design for an Alter with Saint Michael and the Dragon

Johann Baptist Modler

Harbor Scene

Nikolaus Gottfried Stuber

Caricature of an Engraver (recto); Sketch for a Caricature (verso)

Jean Charles Delafosse

Design for a Palace Façade

Carl Hårleman

Design for a Palace Façade: detail of Windows and Doors

Carl Hårleman

The Goddess of Music Distributing Her Gifts to the Nations

Hubert François Gravelot

Drawing for a Plate From "Gravures historiques des principaux événements Depuis l'Ouverture des Etats Generaux ..." Paris 1789

Jean François Janinet

Design for a Stage Set

Claude Nicolas Ledoux

Design for an Allegorical Print

Louis Lafitte

The House of York

Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg

Designs for Two Urns

Etienne de Lavallée-Poussin

Section and Plan of the Small Dining Room of the Hôtel de Montholon

Jean Jacques Lequeu

Design for a Panel with Four Putti Decorating a Herm (Terminal Figure) with Garlands of Fruit and Foliage

Jacob de Wit

Caricature of an Engravings Printer

Jean Charles Delafosse

Caricature of a Printseller

Jean Charles Delafosse

Caricature of a Junkman [recto], Caricature of a School Master [verso]

Jean Charles Delafosse

Design for a Chimneypiece

Jean Charles Delafosse

Elevation of the Entrance to an Arsenal

Jean Charles Delafosse

Two Designs for Trophies and a Cartouche

Jean Charles Delafosse

Three Designs for Architectural Trophies

Jean Charles Delafosse

Elevation and Plan for a Round Mausoleum

Jean Charles Delafosse

Ancient Scene with a Funeral Ceremony for an Actor

Louis Félix de La Rue

Designs for the Top and Bottom of a Small Rectangular Box

Louis Félix de La Rue

Design for a Wall Elevation

Etienne de Lavallée-Poussin

North Elevation and Ground Plan of the Alexander Palace at Tsarskoe Selo

Giacomo Quarenghi

Central Salon of the Alexander Palace at Tsarskoe Selo

Giacomo Quarenghi

Study for a Vase in a Suite of Vase Designs

Louis Joseph Le Lorrain

Elevation for a Wall Tomb

Jean Michel Moreau the Younger

Design for a Rococo Cartouche with Putti and Monkeys

Clément Pierre Marillier

Designs for Silver

Jean Guillaume Moitte

Designs for an Etui and a Chatelaine

Pierre Moreau

Two Separate Designs for the Top and Bottom of a Rectangular Gold Enameled Box with Canted Corners

Pierre Moreau

Design for a Snuff Box

Pierre Moreau

Design for a Fountain

Charles Pierre Joseph Normand

Campagne du Vice-amiral Cte d'Estaing

Pierre Ozanne

Design for a Vase

L.N. Percenet

Studies for Two Armchairs (recto); sketches for Three Chairs and Parts of a Fourth (verso)

Charles Percier

Design for a Vignette: Harbor Scene

Charles Percier

Design for Neptune with an Oval Medallion

Charles Percier

Vignette with Two Portrait Medallions

Charles Percier

Allegory of Shipping

Charles Percier

Project for the New Theater at St. Quentin (Aisne) - Elevation

Emile-Jacques Gilbert

Project for the New Theater at St. Quentin (Aisne) - Section

Emile-Jacques Gilbert

Fontaine Desaix

Charles Percier

Landscape with a Memorial Scene

Ennemond Alexandre Petitot

Two Designs for Vases (recto); Variant Design for a Vase (verso)

Ennemond Alexandre Petitot