Public Domain Lion and Lioness Sleeping

 

Public Domain Etching of a Lion and Lioness Sleeping

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/

Public Domain Etching of a Lion's Head

  

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

Lion for Heraldry and Shields

Lion for Heraldry and Shields

 

This Lion would look great in Heraldry, Family Crest, Coat of Arms, and on Shields.

The image is from a piece of Lace, the lion is machine sewn in silk.

 

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

Bronze Lion Coin

 Coin with Lion Heraldry

This Bronze Coin shows a Lion in what is called the "Rampant" pose in Heraldry terms.
Rampant refers to the position of the Lions legs, paws, and the position of the body.

Source: National Gallery of Art
Sited as Public Domain, with
Open Access under the Creative Commons Zero (CC0) license

Deer

Tapestry with Deer and Flowers

This tapestry includes a deer, a lion, and lots of flower images that can be removed and
used for ephemera to decorate journals or other crafted items.

Included items: Deer, Lion, Flowers, Butterfly, Snail, and a Caterpillar, all on a brown background.

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

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

Big Cats of Ringling and Barnum

 

Big Cats of Ringling and Barnum

Poster features 20 Lions, two Panthers, eight Cheetahs, and seven Tigers in a Circus type setting.

In the center is Terrell Jacobs, one of the world's greatest Big Cats trainers.

Terrell Jacobs was know as "The Lion King".
In 1939 Ringling Bros., Barnum and Bailey's
"Greatest Show on Earth" included Terrell Jacobs in a cage with 52 Big Cats.
There were a mix of Lions, Tigers, and Leopards all in the arena at the same time.
In many of his shows; Terrell's star performer was a lioness named "Sheba"

 

This illustration can be used with themes such as:

Adventure, Animal Cookies, Big Cats, Boys Interests, Circus

Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM)
Source: Smithsonian Online Collection
©: listed as Public Domain with CC0 license

Tall Narrow Image of a Lion, an Eagle and Armor

Tall Narrow Image of a Lion, an Eagle and Armor

 
This is a great image for Tall Narrow spots.
A Framed picture of an Eagle and Lion with ancient Armor.

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

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Graphic Edge Pattern with Roses, Shield & Lion

Edge Pattern, Shield, Lion

This Edge Pattern would make a nice Envelope flap for Junk Journals.

 

Mirror or flip half of the pattern in your image editing software to
make a complete Envelope flap or even a whole Frame.

 

Individual parts you can separate to use are -
Shield, Lion, Leafy Frame around the shield, and the Pink graphic sections.

 

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

Music Calming the Kings of Beasts

 

 Music Calming the Kings of the Beasts

Three Lions are laying down - listening intensely to the
Music of a Girl - who is sitting down -
leaning against a tree - and playing a Flute.

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

Daddy Lion and a Lion Cub Laying Down Under an Oak Tree

 Daddy Lion and Baby Cub

 

 What a great photograph! Daddy looks like he just had a shampoo and hair dryer session.

 

Photo Credit: Mehgan Murphy

 Smithsonian’s National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute
Source: Smithsonian Online Collection
©: listed as Public Domain with CC0 license

Rococo Frame with a Lion

 Rococo Frame Lion

Rococo style Frame with a Lion. Frame includes Rocaille or Acanthus styled Leafs.

Features Lion, Boars head, Knighthood period Weapons, and a Landscape with a Mansion on a cliff and an arched bridge.

 

 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.
 

Animals

Four Panel Handkerchief

 
If the original download is "High Resolution" (such as this one 3000 x 2739)

 you can use parts of the larger image to create individual images like the ones below.

 

Using the Cloning / Stamp Tool you can isolate part of an image and create single smaller images like the two Giraffes below. Using the clone tool the surrounding animals have been removed so that the giraffes are isolated in the same color background.

Even though the giraffes are an enlarged area of a very small portion of the original image;

they can still print small images of about 2.5"x 3". 

This size can be used for printing on page corners or used to 

make small cards that can be used as Ephemera or put in Junk Journals etc.

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

Design with a Lion in Silhouette

 

 

Lion Design

Wonderful graphic design image featuring a lion silhouette with interlacing scrolls.

 

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

Lion Cub looking up and to the side

 Lion Cub looking up and to the side

 

Cute as a Screen Saver!

The Magic Wand tool or the Magic Extractor tool can be used to separate the Cub from it's background. 

The resulting image would make a good piece for Derivative images because 

it can be used to direct attention to what the cub is looking at.

Credit: Mehgan Murphy
Smithsonian’s National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute
Source: Smithsonian Online Collection
©: listed as Public Domain with CC0 license

Lion Cub climbing out of a wet play area

Lion Cub climbing out of a wet play area

A cute little Lion Cub climbing over a low wall.

Photo taken by Mehgan Murphy

Source: Smithsonian Online Collection
©: listed as Public Domain with CC0 license

Below is the same image with some photo editing so the cub show up better. Enjoy!
(Also with CC0 / Public Domain License)

 

 

Fantasy Waterfall with Horse and Lion

 A Fantasy Park scene with Horse & Lion

 

This Wonderful Fantasy Water Fountain includes a Horse and a Lion.

 

The Horse is walking over an arch, while a Lion is resting down below, 

a man stands nearby admiring the Water Fountain.

Source: Smithsonian Online Collection

©: listed as Public Domain with CC0 license

A King with a Lion and a Woman playing Music

A King with a Lion and a Woman playing Music

 

A Man of royalty; or a King, is seated listening to a Woman playing a stringed Musical instrument.

A Lion is laying down next to the King. The Frame around them has a

 Rocaille like pattern mixed with Flowers, Trees, and Fruit.

At the center & bottom of the frame is a small frame with word "L'Afrique"

Great for cards - use as Ephemera - use in Junk Journals

Source: Smithsonian Online Collection

©: listed as Public Domain with CC0 rights
 

Photos of a Lion Watching Falling Snow Flakes

 

 

 

 

A Lion watching it snow 

 

Great as a screensavers just the way they are!

With a little work of the magic wand the Lions can be separated from their backgrounds.

(in Gimp, Photoshop, PS Elements and most image editing software)

This would allow you to use the lion to direct attention to a specific area of a derivative image.

The viewers will naturally look to see what the Lion is looking at so intently. 

 

 A Lion Looking straight up at falling snow flakes.

 

Images are from The Smithsonian Institution Online Collection

Listed as being in the Public Domain with a CC0 copyright license.