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

三勝と半七|Sankatsu and Hanshichi

Kitagawa Utamaro

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Kitagawa Utamaro

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Kitagawa Utamaro

鈴木春信画　夜の梅|Woman Admiring Plum Blossoms at Night

Suzuki Harunobu 鈴木春信

『五色染六歌仙』　僧正遍昭|“The Poet Sōjō Henjō (816–890) Slipping a Letter into a Woman’s Sleeve,” from the series Five Colors of Love for the Six Poetic Immortals (Goshiki-zome rokkasen)

Kitagawa Utamaro

『五色染六歌仙』 在原業平と小野小町|“The Poet Ariwara no Narihira (825–880) and Ono no Komachi,” from the series Five Colors of Love for the Six Poetic Immortals (Goshiki-zome rokkasen)

Kitagawa Utamaro

喜多川歌麿画 「婦女人相十品」 ポペンを吹く娘|Young Woman Blowing a Popen (glass noisemaker), from the series “Ten Classes of Women’s Physiognomy” (Fujo ninsō juppen)

Kitagawa Utamaro

すだれ貝|The Curtain Clam

Suzuki Harunobu

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Suzuki Harunobu

江戸の園花合　東屋の花|Azumaya no Hana

Kitagawa Utamaro

山姥と金太郎|Yamauba and Kintarō Playing with a Cherry

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿

風流無くてななくせ|Squeaking a Ground Cherry, from the series Seven Fashionable Useless Habits (Furyu nakute nana kuse)

Katsushika Hokusai

江戸仕入大津土産|Young Woman with an Otsue Demon Dressed as an Itinerant Priest

Kitagawa Utamaro

行水|Bathtime (Gyōzui)

Kitagawa Utamaro

風流七小町　通ひ|Young MotHer Nursing Her Baby

Kitagawa Utamaro

風俗美人時計　子ノ刻　妾|Midnight: Mother and Sleepy Child

Kitagawa Utamaro

萩|The Bush Clover (Hagi)

Suzuki Harunobu

女織蚕手業草　十|The Making of Silk Floss

Kitagawa Utamaro

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Kitagawa Utamaro

Woodblock print

Kitagawa Utamaro

Woodblock print

Yashima Gakutei

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Katsushika Hokusai

Woodblock print

Kubo Shunman

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Kubo Shunman

児戯意乃三笑　恵恩芳子|Mother and Child

Kitagawa Utamaro

二葉草七小町　清水小町|Kiyomizu Komachi

Kitagawa Utamaro

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Ryūryūkyo Shinsai

当世風俗通　女房風|Mother and Child

Kitagawa Utamaro

『青楼七小町』 「玉屋内花紫」|“Hanamurasaki of the Tamaya,” from the series Seven Komachi of the Pleasure Quarters (Seirō Nana Komachi)

Kitagawa Utamaro

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Suzuki Harunobu

青楼仁和嘉女芸者之部　扇売　団扇売　麦つき|The Niwaka Performers

Kitagawa Utamaro

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Shōtei Hokuju 昇亭北寿

Woodblock print (nishiki-e)

Katsukawa Shunshō　勝川春章

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Katsukawa Shun'ei 勝川春英

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Katsukawa Shunjō

東都名所　新吉原朝桜之図|Morning Cherries at Yoshiwara

Utagawa Hiroshige

八百屋お七　寺小姓吉三郎|O Shichi and Kichisaburo

Kitagawa Utamaro

娘日時計　申ノ刻|Seru no Koku

Kitagawa Utamaro

梅|Blowing Soap Bubbles Under the Plum Blossom

Suzuki Harunobu

風流江戸八景　真乳山の暮雪|Evening Snow on Matsuchi Hilll, from the series Eight Fashionable Views of Edo (Furyu Edo hakkei)

Suzuki Harunobu

『閨の雛形』　正月|Plate from the Erotic Book Mounds of Dyed Colors: A Pattern Book for the Boudoir (Someiro no yama neya no hinagata), First Month

Okumura Masanobu

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Suzuki Harunobu

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Tōshūsai Sharaku

名取酒六家選　大もんぢや内浅じふ　木綿屋七ッ梅|A Courtesan

Kitagawa Utamaro

喜多川歌麿画 「実競色乃美名家見　紙屋次兵衛　紀ノ国屋小春」|Jihei of Kamiya Eloping with the Geisha Koharu of Kinokuniya, from the series “True Feelings Compared: The Founts of Love” (Jitsu kurabe iro no Minakami)

Kitagawa Utamaro

遊女と新造|Courtesan and Shinzō

Suzuki Harunobu

Sumidagawa no rakugan|風俗江戸八景　隅田川落雁|Wild Geese Flying Down the Sumida River

Suzuki Harunobu

Illustrated book

Katsushika Hokusai

画本宝能縷|Picture Book of Brocades with Precious Threads (Ehon takara no itosuji)

Katsukawa Shunshō　勝川春章

絵本松のしらべ|Picture Book on the Music of the Pine Trees (Ehon matsu no shirabe) 絵本松のしらべ

Katsukawa Shunshō 勝川春章

絵本千代の松|Picture Book of the Eternal Pines (Ehon chiyo no matsu 絵本千代の松)

Suzuki Harunobu 鈴木春信

東都名所一覧|Fine Views of the Eastern Capital at a Glance (Tōto meisho ichiran) 東都名所一覧

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

『錦百人一首東織』|Eastern Brocade of One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets (Nishiki hyakunin isshu azuma-ori) 錦百人一首あつま織

Katsukawa Shunshō　勝川春章

画本虫撰|Picture Book of Selected Insects (The Insect Book) (Ehon mushi erami) 画本虫撰

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿

和歌夷|The Young God Ebisu (Waka ebisu) 和歌夷

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿

春の色|The Colors of Spring (Haru no iro) 春の色

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿

狂月坊|Moon-Mad Monk (Kyōgetsubō) 狂月坊

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿

Illustrated book

Kitagawa Utamaro

The Public Promenade

Louis Philibert Debucourt

Filial Affection, or a Trip to Gretna Green

Thomas Rowlandson