19th century public domain art

Artworks created between 1801 and 1900, drawn from every collection indexed here. Free to download, with colour palettes and print sizes measured from each file.

Works in 19th century public domain art

The Discovery

Thomas Tegg

Title Page, The Caricature Magazine by G. M. Woodward, Vol. 4

George Murgatroyd Woodward

The Triumverate of Gloucester Place, or The Clarke, The Soldier, and The Taylor

Mary Anne Clarke

Title Page, The Caricature Magazine by G. M. Woodward, vol. 4

George Murgatroyd Woodward

A Piece Offering!! Memoirs, Life, Letters &c. of M. A. Clarke

Mary Anne Clarke

Eunuchs Reformed by the Bey of Tunis, from 'News of the Day,' published in Le Charivari, January 18, 1860

Destouches

Sudden showers in March, in Morocco, from 'News of the Day,' published in Le Charivari, March 16, 1860

Destouches

Absinthe: The first glass, the sixth glass, from 'The Chinese of Paris," published in Le Charivari, December 22, 1863

Aaron Martinet

Mr. Prudhomme and young Adolph, from 'News of the Day,' published in Le Charivari, January 27, 1860

Destouches

Who says, Parisians are never satisfied!, from 'Theater sketches,' published in Le Charivari, February 13, 1864

Aaron Martinet

On the train, from 'The difficult moments of life,' published in Le Charivari, March 12, 1864

Honoré Daumier

A new theater model, from 'Theater sketches,' published in Le Petit Journal pour Rire, January 30, 1864

Honoré Daumier

The results of bad dramatic timing, from 'Theater sketches,' published in Le Charivari, 1864

Aaron Martinet

Just imagine that there are people drinking absinthe..., from 'Parisian sketches,' published in Le Petit Journal pour Rire, January 30, 1864

Honoré Daumier

View of a studio the final week before the exhibition, from 'Parisian sketches,' published in Le Charivari, April 1, 1864

Destouches

Sir, so far there are only five people here..., from 'Theater sketches,' published in Le Charivari, April 3, 1864

Aaron Martinet

Winter's departure, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, March 9, 1864

Aaron Martinet

Well, my brave Englishman..., from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, March 5, 1864

Destouches

A literary argument on the second tier, from 'Theater sketches,' published in Le Charivari, February 27, 1864

Honoré Daumier

The actor and a street urchin, from 'Dramatic sketches,' published in Le Charivari, April 18, 1864

Aaron Martinet

Opening night, from 'The difficult moments of life,' published in Le Charivari, May 26, 1864

Honoré Daumier

A philosopher, from 'Types and features,' published in Le Charivari, June 8, 1864

Honoré Daumier

We shouldn't be unfair..., from 'Parisian sketches,' published in Le Charivari, May 12, 1864

Destouches

New security measures, from 'On the train,' published in Le Charivari, September 1, 1864

Honoré Daumier

Having had the ambitious idea to outswim the train, from 'The bathers,' published in Le Petit Journal pour Rire, August 6, 1864

Honoré Daumier

Proposal for an improvement, from 'Exhibition sketches,' published in Le Charivari, May 24, 1864

Aaron Martinet

Philosophical contemplations of a lover of silent pleasures, from 'The bathers,' published in Le Petit Journal pour Rire, August 6, 1864

Honoré Daumier

Information, from 'Hunting sketches,' published in Le Chiavari, October 17, 1864

Honoré Daumier

Driver.... driver!.... what are you thinking?, from 'The coachmen of Paris,' published in Le Journal Amusant

Honoré Daumier

Which shows that even cleanliness can be hazardous, from 'Parisian sketches,' published in Le Journal pour Rire, December 3, 1864

Honoré Daumier

Full again... I think they are doing this on purpose!, from 'Winter sketches,' published in Le Journal pour Rire, December 3, 1864

Honoré Daumier

Hello! My good man! How much for your hare?, from 'Hunting sketches,' published in Le Charivari, October 20, 1864

Honoré Daumier

Coffee house politics, from 'The good bourgeois,' published in "Le Charivari", April 21, 1864

Aaron Martinet

A Sunday connoisseur, from 'At the Louvre,' published in Le Charivari, February 4, 1865

Honoré Daumier

Consequences of a horsemeat dinner, from 'Parisian sketches,' published in Le Charivari, April 8, 1865

Aaron Martinet

A happy evening party in Clichy, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, March 16, 1865

Aaron Martinet

At a usurer's, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, March 21, 1865

Destouches

In Clichy, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, April 11, 1865

Destouches

Well, are you finally finished?... after all, it's tiring to relax for such a long time, from 'The countryside artists,' published in Le Charivari, February 2, 1865

Aaron Martinet

A fantastic painter, from 'A sketch from the Salon,' published in Le Charivari, May 11, 1865

Honoré Daumier

If patience had disappeared all over the world, one would surely find it again at a bus station in Paris, from 'Parisian sketches,' published in Le Petit Journal pour Rire, February 4, 1865

Honoré Daumier

Stop pushing please... you have the number 57 and I just called number 3!, from 'Parisian sketches,' published in Le Petit Journal pour Rire, February 4, 1865

Honoré Daumier

Come on... don't be such a bourgeois.... at least have a look at this Courbet!, from 'Sketches from the Salon,' published in Le Charivari, June 22, 1865

Honoré Daumier

Bailiff at the commercial court, from 'Parisian Sketches,' published in Le Charivari, May 13, 1865

Honoré Daumier

Ah, my dear sir, allow me to tell you that this year you have quite simply exhibited a masterpiece, from 'Sketches from the Salon,' published in Le Charivari, May 31, 1865

Honoré Daumier

Still more Venuses this year... always Venuses!... as if there were any women built like that!, from 'Sketches from the Salon,' published in Le Charivari, May 10, 1865

Destouches

A visit to the studio, from 'The difficult moments of life,' published in Le Charivari, March 28-29, 1864

Honoré Daumier

Don't shoot!!!, from 'Hunting sketches,' published in Le Charivari, September 4, 1865

Aaron Martinet

A sudden awakening, from 'Parisian sketches,' published in Le Charivari, November 1, 1865

Aaron Martinet

On the imperiale, "At one's feet one can observe the swarming of a human ant-hill," from 'Parisian sketches,' published in Le Petit Journal pour Rire

Honoré Daumier

Just imagine my good fellow.... if they knew how we make their cheese, they surely wouldn't hurry so much, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, December 30, 1865

Honoré Daumier

Horseback exercises not without hazards, from 'The regeneration of man through gymnastics,' published in Le Petit Journal pour Rire, November 4, 1865

Honoré Daumier

Wine harvest in Argenteuil, from 'Autumn sketches,' published in Le Charivari, September 21, 1865

Destouches

A rainy day: The guest is condemned to six hours of billiards, from 'The joys of country life,' published in Le Charivari, October 4, 1865

Honoré Daumier

Not everything in country life smells like roses... especially when having to take care of the manure, from 'The joys of country life,' published in Le Charivari, September 12, 1865

Honoré Daumier

Yoohoo! here it is again!, from 'News of the day,' published in "Le Charivari"

Honoré Daumier

Ireland and Jamaica: Patience!, from 'News of the day,' published in "Le Charivari"

Arnaud de Vresse

The search for a house in the country: What is especially beautiful, sir, is the view!, from 'Parisian habits,' published in Le Charivari, April 25, 1866

Arnaud de Vresse

Gertrude, we need to have our cow analyzed, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, February 1, 1866

Arnaud de Vresse

Gentlemen in workhouse clothes: If the rich are disguising themselves as poor, one might get the idea that the poor might transform themselves into the rich, from 'News of the day'

Aaron Martinet