Public Domain Etching of Two Girls Decorating for Christmas
This print features two girls decorating the house for Christmas.
One child is holding a basket full of holly and the other
girl is standing on a chair, placing
Christmas Holly around a mirror on the wall.
This antique print was engraved in wood and
hand colored on paper.
Source:
Yale Center for British Art
1080 Chapel St, New Haven, CT 06510
Online Collection Catalog
© Listed as Open Access / Public Domain
CC0 PUblic Domain Three Wise Men in Wood
Here is a nice relief carving of
Three Wise Men, the Magi, traveling to see Jesus.
Source: The Renwick Gallery
1661 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20006
Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM)
Smithsonian Online Collection
©: listed as Public Domain with CC0 license
CC0 Public Domain Dove Christmas Ornament
This antique Christmas ornament is made of sugar!
It features a Dove and on a branch of Holly & Berries.
The ornament is made like a cookie;
The dove and branch are three dimensional and have been
placed onto another flattened piece of sugar.
Source: Smithsonian Online Collection
©: listed as Public Domain with CC0 license
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
2 E 91st St, New York, NY 10128
CC0 Public Domain Harper's Magazine Christmas Cover
This Public Domain Christmas Image features
a Little black and white dog walking down the sidewalk and
a Lady dressed in a Red Coat with a black fuzzy neckline.
The woman is keeping her hands worm in hand cozzy.
She is walking alongside a shop window with a
Christmas Wreath hung in the window.
Colors are Red, Green, Black, & Yellow
Source: The Renwick Gallery
1661 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20006
Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM)
Smithsonian Online Collection
©: listed as Public Domain with CC0 license
CC1.0 Public Domain Painting of Two Dogs
This Oil Painting features a Spaniel and a Greyhound.
The Dogs are in an outdoor setting of a
field with trees in the background.
Source:
RIJKS Museum
Museumstraat 1, 1071 XX Amsterdam, Netherlands
©: listed as Public Domain with CC1.0 license
More information about CC1.0 can be found here:
https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en
CC1.0 Public Domain Two Himalayan Rabbits
Two white rabbits, with black noses and ears, are lying down.
Guess they got tired from eating all the radishes!
Source:
RIJKS Museum
Museumstraat 1, 1071 XX Amsterdam, Netherlands
©: listed as Public Domain with CC1.0 license
More information about CC1.0 can be found here:
https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en
Public Domain Drawing of a Newfoundland Dog Walking
Here is a drawing from an American artist's (Thomas Sully) sketchbook.
The print has an off-white solid background and features a Newfoundland Dog.
The dog is pictured walking straight ahead with tail and head held up and alert.
Source:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10028
Sited as Public Domain, with
Open Access under the Creative Commons Zero (CC0) license
This etching features a Lion and Lioness Sleeping.
The background landscape shows part of a nearby mountain
with clouds and hills in the distance.
Source:
Wellcome Collection
183 Euston Rd, London NW1 2BE, United Kingdom
©: listed as Public Domain CC mark 1.0
CC Mark 1.0 info can be found here
https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
This print shows four children hanging holly and other
Christmas decorations in their home.
Source:
Wellcome Collection
183 Euston Rd, London NW1 2BE, United Kingdom
©: listed as Public Domain CC mark 1.0
CC Mark 1.0 info can be found here
https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Public Domain Dogs at Christmas Dinner
Yes, even the Dogs know it's a special time!
This wonderful little etching features
Four dogs waiting at a table for their Christmas Dinner.
Perhaps their "pet parent" is still cooking the meal.
The bull dog looks like it is resolved to wait patiently.
The pug seems more curious about the artist; or in this case the viewer.
The terrier and its friend are clearly looking at the food they are waiting on!
Wellcome Collection
183 Euston Rd, London NW1 2BE, United Kingdom
©: listed as Public Domain CC mark 1.0
CC Mark 1.0 info can be found here
https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Source:
RIJKS Museum
Museumstraat 1, 1071 XX Amsterdam, Netherlands
©: listed as Public Domain with CC1.0 license
More information about CC1.0 can be found here:
https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en
Public Domain Landscape with Stars
This landscape is really more of a "Star-Scape"
Stars fill the sky and a tree covered landscape is outlined below.
There is a mist or fog in the foreground suggesting the view
is from looking out over the water toward a shoreline.
The original is a watercolor with colors of Blues, Greens, and Yellows.
Source:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10028
Sited as Public Domain, with
Open Access under the Creative Commons Zero (CC0) license
Public Domain Vintage Image Preparations for Christmas
This vintage Christmas image shows a woman and a girl
decorating a Christmas Tree with ornaments.
The girl is carrying a tray of Christmas decorations and
some of them appear to have fallen onto the floor.
The subtitle of this antique artwork is
"Redfern Afternoon Dress"; it was originally in a
fashion magazine published in France in 1914.
Source:
RIJKS Museum
Museumstraat 1, 1071 XX Amsterdam, Netherlands
©: listed as Public Domain with CC1.0 license
More information about CC1.0 can be found here:
https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en
Public Domain Watercolor Painting with a Bouquet of Roses
This antique watercolor painting features a bouquet of Roses.
The bunch of Flowers are wrapped in white paper that has the date 1878.
Source:
RIJKS Museum
Museumstraat 1, 1071 XX Amsterdam, Netherlands
©: listed as Public Domain with CC1.0 license
More information about CC1.0 can be found here:
https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en
This India Ink drawing has a candle lit Christmas Tree!
A child stands nearby admiring the tree and a the banquet of food
set out on a linen covered table.
It is titled "Iwan at a Christmas Tree".
The image was originally part of a children's story magazine.
Source:
RIJKS Museum
Museumstraat 1, 1071 XX Amsterdam, Netherlands
©: listed as Public Domain with CC1.0 license
More information about CC1.0 can be found here:
https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en
Here is nice little addition for your Christmas items.
It is a drawing of a Doll with long hair and a Toy Horse under a Christmas Tree.
This can be used for Christmas Gift Tags, Christmas Cards etc.
Along with Christmas themes it can be used in themes of:
Childhood Memories, Doll lovers, Horses (in relation to children),
Vintage, Yesteryear, Antique, Grandparents and other
Nostalgia themes.
Perhaps you have some usage ideas or themes I forgot!
If you would like to share your ideas or or how you used this image;
please feel free to leave a comment below.
Thank you!
Source:
RIJKS Museum
Museumstraat 1, 1071 XX Amsterdam, Netherlands
©: listed as Public Domain with CC1.0 license
More information about CC1.0 can be found here:
https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en
Ink and watercolor are the mediums used to re-create these wonderful
Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
The top image of a butterfly features a black butterfly;
with blue, on iridescent wings.
Source:
RIJKS Museum
Museumstraat 1, 1071 XX Amsterdam, Netherlands
©: listed as Public Domain with CC1.0 license
More information about CC1.0 can be found here:
https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en
Public Domain Bouquet of Flowers with a Butterfly
This drawing features a classic bouquet of flowers and a butterfly.
It was made with watercolor paints and chalk.
The colors are dull and muted; giving the image a soft antique look.
Source:
RIJKS Museum
Museumstraat 1, 1071 XX Amsterdam, Netherlands
©: listed as Public Domain with CC1.0 license
More information about CC1.0 can be found here:
https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en
Public Domain Etching of a Lion's Head
This lion appears to have a quiet and familiar connection with the viewer.
Looking at this lions expression;
One almost feels they could go to sleep and
this huge creature would watch over them the whole time.
Image Source:
RIJKS Museum
Museumstraat 1, 1071 XX Amsterdam, Netherlands
©: listed as Public Domain with CC1.0 license
More information about CC1.0 can be found here:
https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en
Public Domain Watercolor of a Pear Cactus In Bloom
Here is a wonderful watercolor and gouache painting featuring
a Pear Cactus with a Yellow Flower.
The Opuntia are more well known as the "Prickly Pear" cactus
and their "leaves" are 88% water.
This would make a nice art print.
It can go well with themes such as:
American Indian, Desert, Flowering Plants, Mexico,
Native American, Pueblo, Southwest,
Spanish, as well as
Western and Wild West themes.
Colors are:
Greens and Yellows with Solid background of aged white paper.
Original Source:
RIJKS Museum
Museumstraat 1, 1071 XX Amsterdam, Netherlands
©: listed as Public Domain with CC1.0 license
More information about CC1.0 can be found here:
https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en
Here a ball of fur called a Cat.
Cats noses can be different colors.
The color of a cats nose relates to the color of it's fur.
Black cats have black noses and white cats have pink noses.
An orange cat will have an orange nose and
a multicolored cat can have a multicolored nose!
Some kitties even have freckles on their noses!
Image Source:
RIJKS Museum
Museumstraat 1, 1071 XX Amsterdam, Netherlands
©: listed as Public Domain with CC1.0 license
More information about CC1.0 can be found here:
https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en
Here is a drawing of a dog sleeping.
Hope it is having sweet dreams :)
Source:
RIJKS Museum
Museumstraat 1, 1071 XX Amsterdam, Netherlands
©: listed as Public Domain with CC1.0 license
More information about CC1.0 can be found here:
https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en
Antique Photograph of a Man Wearing a Top Hat Riding a Horse
This is an antique cabinet photograph of a man wearing a top hat
while riding a horse.
Cabinet photographs are dated about 1860's to 1930's.
They were mounted on heavy card-stock.
(this one is dated about 1890's)
They are called "cabinet photographs" because;
when photography was still somewhat new,
people displayed photographs in cabinets
(mostly in parlors of wealthy home owners).
Photo Source:
RIJKS Museum
Museumstraat 1, 1071 XX Amsterdam, Netherlands
©: listed as Public Domain with CC1.0 license
More information about CC1.0 can be found here:
https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en
