Public Domain Watercolor of a Butterfly in a Square Border

 

Public Domain Watercolor Painting of a Butterfly inside a Square Border

 

This watercolor painting features a Butterfly inside a square border.
Just the right image when you want something that is square shaped.
It can be used to make ephemera for placing in your junk journals.
This would also make a nice gift card or tag.

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 Image of a Butterfly and a Moth

 

Public Domain Image of a Butterfly and a Moth 

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

 
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

Swallowtail Butterfly Watercolor

 
Watercolor of a Swallowtail Butterfly

This Swallowtail Butterfly is resting at the top center (well, almost) of an oval frame.
Remove the frame, recenter the butterfly, or use it as it is and add more butterflies.
The download from NGA is a high resolution image so you can even
just use the butterfly in other projects.

Source: National Gallery of Art
Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20565
Sited as Public Domain, with
Open Access under CC0 Creative Commons Zero

Wall of Butterflies

  

Wall of Butterflies in Yellow Orange and Blue

Vintage or Antique wallpaper featuring Butterflies of all kinds and colors.
There are even some pretty Moths.
Each Butterfly and Moth is different.
This is a wonderful print just as it is.
You are sure to find one in the color you like.
These butterflies are Blue, Yellow, and Orange.
There are even some multicolored ones with Green!

Source: Smithsonian Online Collection
©: listed as Public Domain with CC0 license
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
2 E 91st St, New York, NY 10128

Five Vintage Butterflies

 

Sheet of Antique Butterflies

 Here is nice little collection of butterflies to add to your next art project.
They were originally intended as patterns for jewelry.

 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

 

Angel Butterfly

 

Angel Butterfly

This butterfly looks a little bit like an angel.
This a wonderful piece for making patterns for vintage and antique ephemera designs.

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

Two Pretty Butterflies

  

Butterfly Jewelry Designs

 Two different butterflies.
One butterfly has ruffled hind wings and the other has pointed hind wings.
The butterflies antennae are also different in each drawing.
The butterflies are from a pattern page of vintage / antique jewelry designs.

 
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 Lavender Jewelry Butterfly

More Butterflies here

 This jewelry pattern is in the form of a Butterfly.
With it's lavender and blue colors and unique details;
it would make lovely vintage style ephemera.

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

Vintage Teardrop Butterfly

Page of Butterfly Images

 This little antique / vintage butterfly was taken from plans for jewelry.
The color and the end piece remind me a tear.
This would make a great piece to create stickers or ephemera with.

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

 

 

 

 

Queen with a Soldier surrounded by animals

 

 Queen with A Soldier, A Lion, and A Camel

 

 Print as a page in journals or separate objects to decorate pages and ephemera.

Objects included here are Queen, Soldier, Birds, Flowers, Castle, Lions, Deer, Butterfly, and a Camel

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Source: Smithsonian Online Collection
©: listed as Public Domain with CC0 license

Design with Lions, Flowers, Butterflies, and Dragonflies

 Framed image with Lions, Flowers, and other items

This image is rich in details. It features Lions, Tapestries, Flowers, Peacock Feathers, 

Water Fountain, Dragonflies, Butterflies and many other items that could be

 used individually or in smaller groups removed from the full image.

Available from The Smithsonian Institution website.
Listed in the online collection as being in the Public Domain and
released under the CC0 copyright license.