Public-domain CHNDM
200 public-domain plates · 11th century to 21st century · 2173 attributed
200 public-domain works catalogued under CHNDM spanning the 11th century to 21st century, released under CC0 or an equivalent public-domain flag and free to reuse. Of these, 2173 carry a named artist or maker.
Artists & makers in this set
- A.N. Davenport Co. 294
- Jean François Forty, active 1775 – 1790 97
- Jean Mariette, French, 1660–1742 59
- Nicolas Verien, French, active 1685 – 1724 58
- Alice Cordelia Morse, American, 1863–1961 52
- William Trost Richards, American, 1833–1905 40
- Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, French, b. Italy, 1695–1750 38
- Ludwig Lobmeyr, Austrian, 1829 - 1917 38
Subjects covered
Museum sources
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Drawing
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Tile
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Pair of earrings
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Bottle
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Poppaea Sabina
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Etuis Designs
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Designs for the Letters S, T, U, V
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Portrait of Olivier de Clisson (1336-1407)
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Four tables
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Sailboat, House, and Plant
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Elevation and Plan of a Table
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Mount Washington with Snow
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Figures
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Arabesque Design
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Galerie métallique des grands hommes français (Great Men of France)
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Designs for Firearms Ornament
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Sampler
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Moonlight over an Alpine Village
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ART DU BRODEUR
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Design for an Embroidered or Woven Fabric of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf," Unfinished
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Drawing: A hanging left hand
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Design for Sculpture, Angel in Adoration
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Design for a Window Frame
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L’Amant Aimé
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Ornamental Vase Design
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Standing Bishop
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Three Floral Tailpieces or Fleurons
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Design for a Candlestick
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Design for a Keyhole Escutcheon
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A Roman sarcophagus in the Vatican Museum
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Console table
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Sunshine After Rain
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Hilltop at Sunset, Jamaica
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Sampler
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Arabesque Design
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Design for the Embroidery of the Left Bottom Corner of a Man's Waistcoat of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"
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Design for a Fountain in Honor of Emperor Napoleon
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Console table
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Scrollwork Escutcheon
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Trophy Design
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Fan leaves, first half of the set "Desseins d'Eventails et Ecrans"
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Ornament; part of centerpiece
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Design for a Symmetrical Frieze
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Sagittarius, Lunette for Ceiling, Sala Ottagonale, Palazzo Milzetti, Faenza
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Ceres is told of the Rape of Proserpina
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Arabesque Design
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Design for a Doorframe
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Personification of Justice
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Sidewall
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Design for Two Andirons and Sconce of Gilt Bronze
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Chair
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Botanical Sketches along the Río Magdalena, Colombia
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A Bavarian Peasant
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Design for a Lighthouse
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Lit à la Duchesse, orné de Sculptures et totalement fini
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Hotel Torpanne: Sculptures de la Facade
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Detail from a Frame or Molding Design
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Doorway or Triumphal Arch Design
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Pharaoh's Palace, Petra, Jordan
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Design for a Keyhole Escutcheon
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Catafalque, with Coat-of-Arms of the Albani Family
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Candlestick
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Console table
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Tea Bowl and Saucer
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Arabesque Ornament Designs
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Design for Clock
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Porte, dans le grand Appartement des Tuilleries
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Overlooking Kingston, Jamaica
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Corniche du Piedestal de l'Ordre Corinthien du Chapiteau Base et Piedestal
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Autre Developpement et Profil d'Entablement Composite avec Corniche à l'usage des Portes et Fenêtres
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Menuiserie de la Bergere A
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Pendant Design
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Title Page
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Title Page
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Trophy of Arms
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Ornament Design
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Two Architectural Elevations of the Hermitage
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Les Jetteurs de Fillets (Casting of Nets)
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View of Rome from the Palazzo Braschi, Italy
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Two pillar stripes
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Salutatio Angelica
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A Group of Four Nymphs (Motif for Design)
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Design for the Embroidery of Wearing Apparel, No. 18, of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"
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Gate Design
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Wall Decoration for Cosimo III de' Medici
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Scene in a Temple Dedicated to Athena
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The Morse Code, Study for "Electricity as Applied to Commerce," Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building, World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, IL
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Frieze with Rinceau
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Design for Ceiling Ornament
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The Gentleman's and Cabinet-Maker's Director
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Design for a Salt Cellar
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Icebergs, Canada
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Design for an Ovoidal Painting: Temperance
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The Two Turkeys
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Trophy with Implements of the Hunt, Plate 4 from "Suite de Trophées de chasse," Suite VI
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Hair Ornament and Jewelry Designs
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A Young Man's Head
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Elévation d'un Panneau avec son lambris
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Section of wall, Gallery Francis I, Palace of Fontainebleau, France
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Title Page
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Bird and Hillside with Fire, Jamaica
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Old Grist Mill
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Decorative Studies; Verso: Profile Heads of Barbarians
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Sketch of Peter Richards' Head for his Portrait
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Architectural Elements
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Andiron Designs
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Arabesque Design
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The Almighty in the Clouds, with Two Boy Angels
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Monumental column
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Phaeton
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One of a set of projects for a title page and the decoration of a horizontal panel
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Project for an Escutcheon
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Ironwork Designs
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Designs for Beds in the Style of Antiquity
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Plate 3, from "A New Book of Chinese Ornaments"
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Young Man in a Velvet Cap (Ferdinand Bol?)
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Design for an Iron Balcony
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Woman
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Triumphal Arch
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Ornament Panel Design
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La Fontaine du Cabinet de Diane à Versailles (Left Plate)
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Lake and Mountains
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Recto: Three Musicians in Front of the Albergo Della Pace, 1810
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Drawing
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Aletsch Glacier by Moonlight, Switzerland
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Console Table with Clock
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Frieze and Ornament Designs
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Allegory of the Four Elements - Air
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Imaginary South American Landscape
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Chimneypiece Designs
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Study for a dancing woman, “Moods to Music,” Mendelssohn Glee Club, New York, NY
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Takanawar enterance to the Tokaido (Takanawa no chidori)
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Trophy with Implements of the Hunt, Plate 2 from "Suite de Trophées de chasse," Suite VI
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Design for the Letter Q of a Pictoral Alphabet: Quietness
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La Sultane Favorite
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Designs for Two Vertical Panels
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Kuwana: Ferryboats at Chichiri (Kuwana, Shichiri no watashibune) from the Series 53 Stations of Tokaido
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Design for a Cartouche with Vignette
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Porte d'Appartement avec son Profil
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Pine Trees, Austria
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Ocean Swells
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Dessus de Porte, dans le grand Appartement des Tuilleries.
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Design for a Cartouche
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Cartouche with Wine Leaves and Drums
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Lake View near Mt. Katahdin, Maine
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Sunbeams above a Mountain Valley, Jamaica
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Title Page
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Tree Sketches
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Study for a woman, “Vintage Festival,” Mendelssohn Glee Club, New York, NY
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Design of an Alcove
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Melchizedek Brings Bread and Wine to Abraham [above]; Unicorn Hunt [below]
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Decoration of a frieze
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Popocatépetl, Mexico
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Design for a Sculpture of a Prophet Beside an Arch
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Design for a Frieze with the Allegory of Music
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View of Venice, Italy
Using these works
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