Tag: Animals in art

“Hawaiian Fishes”. Published in 1905 in Honolulu by the Island Curio Company. David Starr Jordan and B.W. Evermann with Illustrations attributed to A. H. Baldwin, Charles Bradford Hudson and Kako Morita.

Front cover of David Starr Jordan and B.W. Evermann’s Hawaiian Fishes. 1905. American. Collections of the Biodiversity Heritage Library. Uploaded by the Smithsonian Library and Archives. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/hawaiianfishes00jord/mode/1up
Hawaiian Fish Humuhumu. Page 1 of David Starr Jordan and B.W. Evermann’s Hawaiian Fishes. 1905. American. Collections of the Biodiversity Heritage Library. Uploaded by the Smithsonian Library and Archives. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/hawaiianfishes00jord/mode/1up
Hawaiian Fish Kihikihi. Page 2 of David Starr Jordan and B.W. Evermann’s Hawaiian Fishes. 1905. American. Collections of the Biodiversity Heritage Library. Uploaded by the Smithsonian Library and Archives. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/hawaiianfishes00jord/mode/2up
Hawaiian Fish Kapuhili. Page 3 of David Starr Jordan and B.W. Evermann’s Hawaiian Fishes. 1905. American. Collections of the Biodiversity Heritage Library. Uploaded by the Smithsonian Library and Archives. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/hawaiianfishes00jord/mode/3up
Hawaiian Fish Hinalea. Page 4 of David Starr Jordan and B.W. Evermann’s Hawaiian Fishes. 1905. American. Collections of the Biodiversity Heritage Library. Uploaded by the Smithsonian Library and Archives. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/hawaiianfishes00jord/mode/4up
Hawaiian Fish Nakunuku. Page 5 of David Starr Jordan and B.W. Evermann’s Hawaiian Fishes. 1905. American. Collections of the Biodiversity Heritage Library. Uploaded by the Smithsonian Library and Archives. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/hawaiianfishes00jord/mode/5up
Hawaiian Fish Ohua. Page 6 of David Starr Jordan and B.W. Evermann’s Hawaiian Fishes. 1905. American. Collections of the Biodiversity Heritage Library. Uploaded by the Smithsonian Library and Archives. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/hawaiianfishes00jord/page/n6/mode/1up
Hawaiian Fish Chastodon. Page 7 of David Starr Jordan and B.W. Evermann’s Hawaiian Fishes. 1905. American. Collections of the Biodiversity Heritage Library. Uploaded by the Smithsonian Library and Archives. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/hawaiianfishes00jord/page/n7/mode/1up
Hawaiian Fish Julis Eydouxi. Page 8 of David Starr Jordan and B.W. Evermann’s Hawaiian Fishes. 1905. American. Collections of the Biodiversity Heritage Library. Uploaded by the Smithsonian Library and Archives. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/hawaiianfishes00jord/page/n8/mode/1up
Hawaiian Fish Hilupilikoa. Page 10 of David Starr Jordan and B.W. Evermann’s Hawaiian Fishes. 1905. American. Collections of the Biodiversity Heritage Library. Uploaded by the Smithsonian Library and Archives. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/hawaiianfishes00jord/page/n9/mode/1up
Hawaiian Fish Akilolo. Page 11 of David Starr Jordan and B.W. Evermann’s Hawaiian Fishes. 1905. American. Collections of the Biodiversity Heritage Library. Uploaded by the Smithsonian Library and Archives. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/hawaiianfishes00jord/page/n10/mode/thumb

The illustrations are reproduced from selected images appearing in The shore fishes of the Hawaiian Islands with a general account of the fish fauna, by David Starr Jordan and B.W. Evermann (part 1 of The aquatic resources of the Hawaiian Islands, published between 1905 and 1906; based on specimens collected by the United States Fish Commission during the 1902 expedition of the steamer Albatross)

Illustrations attributed to A. H. Baldwin, Charles Bradford Hudson and Kako Morita, based on their names appearing as illustrator on similar plates in The aquatic resources of the Hawaiian Islands

1897 images of cranes taken from Frans Ernst Blaauw (F. E. Blaauw)’s work “A Monograph of the Cranes” which had a number of contributors and illustrators too. Published in London and in Leiden.

The common crane. Plate I, Page 1 of F. E. Blaauw’s A Monograph of Cranes. H. (Heinrich) Leutemann, illustrator. Collections of the Smithsonian Libraries. Biodiversity Heritage Library, digitalizing sponsor. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/monographcranes00blaa/page/I/mode/1up
The Mantchurian (sic) crane, adult and chick. Plate III, Page III of F. E. Blaauw’s A Monograph of Cranes. H. (Heinrich) Leutemann, illustrator. Collections of the Smithsonian Libraries. Biodiversity Heritage Library, digitalizing sponsor. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/monographcranes00blaa/page/III/mode/1up
The hooded crane. Plate IV, Page IV of F. E. Blaauw’s A Monograph of Cranes. H. (Heinrich) Leutemann, illustrator. Collections of the Smithsonian Libraries. Biodiversity Heritage Library, digitalizing sponsor. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/monographcranes00blaa/page/IV/mode/1up

The American crane. Plate V, Page V of F. E. Blaauw’s A Monograph of Cranes. H. (Heinrich) Leutemann, illustrator. Collections of the Smithsonian Libraries. Biodiversity Heritage Library, digitalizing sponsor. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/monographcranes00blaa/page/V/mode/1up
The Sarus crane. Plate VII, Page VII of F. E. Blaauw’s A Monograph of Cranes. H. (Heinrich) Leutemann, illustrator. Collections of the Smithsonian Libraries. Biodiversity Heritage Library, digitalizing sponsor. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/monographcranes00blaa/page/VII/mode/1up
The Demoiselle crane, chick. Plate Xa, Page Xa of F. E. Blaauw’s A Monograph of Cranes. H. (Heinrich) Leutemann, illustrator. Collections of the Smithsonian Libraries. Biodiversity Heritage Library, digitalizing sponsor. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/monographcranes00blaa/page/Xa/mode/1up

“Album Comique. Concert des Artistes Papillons. Executant le Grand Air de la Muette.” Musical anthropomorphic insects playing all sorts of musical instruments rendered in watercolor and pen and ink. Late 19th c. Guillaume Berra. Up for sale with White Fox Rare Books.

Frontispiece. Album Comique. Concert des Artistes Papillons. Executant le Grand Air de la Muette. Late 19th c. Guillaume Berra. Signed with initials on the lower right. Image © 2023 White Fox Rare Books And Antiques. Fair use license. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.whitefoxrarebooks.com/product/3208/Album-Comique-Concert-des-Artistes-Papillons-Executant-le-Grand-Air-de-la-Muette
Butterfly lady. Album Comique. Concert des Artistes Papillons. Executant le Grand Air de la Muette. Late 19th c. Guillaume Berra. Signed with initials on the lower right. Image © 2023 White Fox Rare Books And Antiques. Fair use license. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.whitefoxrarebooks.com/product/3208/Album-Comique-Concert-des-Artistes-Papillons-Executant-le-Grand-Air-de-la-Muette
Title page. Album Comique. Concert des Artistes Papillons. Executant le Grand Air de la Muette. Late 19th c. Guillaume Berra. Signed with initials on the lower right. Image © 2023 White Fox Rare Books And Antiques. Fair use license. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.whitefoxrarebooks.com/product/3208/Album-Comique-Concert-des-Artistes-Papillons-Executant-le-Grand-Air-de-la-Muette
Moth conductor. Album Comique. Concert des Artistes Papillons. Executant le Grand Air de la Muette. Late 19th c. Guillaume Berra. Signed with initials on the lower right. Image © 2023 White Fox Rare Books And Antiques. Fair use license. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.whitefoxrarebooks.com/product/3208/Album-Comique-Concert-des-Artistes-Papillons-Executant-le-Grand-Air-de-la-Muette
Rope dancing. Album Comique. Concert des Artistes Papillons. Executant le Grand Air de la Muette. Late 19th c. Guillaume Berra. Signed with initials on the lower right. Image © 2023 White Fox Rare Books And Antiques. Fair use license. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.whitefoxrarebooks.com/product/3208/Album-Comique-Concert-des-Artistes-Papillons-Executant-le-Grand-Air-de-la-Muette
Double bass. Album Comique. Concert des Artistes Papillons. Executant le Grand Air de la Muette. Late 19th c. Guillaume Berra. Signed with initials on the lower right. Image © 2023 White Fox Rare Books And Antiques. Fair use license. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.whitefoxrarebooks.com/product/3208/Album-Comique-Concert-des-Artistes-Papillons-Executant-le-Grand-Air-de-la-Muette
Cello. Album Comique. Concert des Artistes Papillons. Executant le Grand Air de la Muette. Late 19th c. Guillaume Berra. Signed with initials on the lower right. Image © 2023 White Fox Rare Books And Antiques. Fair use license. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.whitefoxrarebooks.com/product/3208/Album-Comique-Concert-des-Artistes-Papillons-Executant-le-Grand-Air-de-la-Muette
Harpist. Album Comique. Concert des Artistes Papillons. Executant le Grand Air de la Muette. Late 19th c. Guillaume Berra. Signed with initials on the lower right. Image © 2023 White Fox Rare Books And Antiques. Fair use license. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.whitefoxrarebooks.com/product/3208/Album-Comique-Concert-des-Artistes-Papillons-Executant-le-Grand-Air-de-la-Muette
Pianist. Album Comique. Concert des Artistes Papillons. Executant le Grand Air de la Muette. Late 19th c. Guillaume Berra. Signed with initials on the lower right. Image © 2023 White Fox Rare Books And Antiques. Fair use license. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.whitefoxrarebooks.com/product/3208/Album-Comique-Concert-des-Artistes-Papillons-Executant-le-Grand-Air-de-la-Muette
Organist. Album Comique. Concert des Artistes Papillons. Executant le Grand Air de la Muette. Late 19th c. Guillaume Berra. Signed with initials on the lower right. Image © 2023 White Fox Rare Books And Antiques. Fair use license. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.whitefoxrarebooks.com/product/3208/Album-Comique-Concert-des-Artistes-Papillons-Executant-le-Grand-Air-de-la-Muette

Plates from Anton Seder’s 1896 folio “Das Thier Der Decorativen Kunst.” Decorative arted up animals doing odd things.

Title page. Page 2, Das Thier in der decorativen Kunst. Anton Seder,artist. Published in 1896 in Vienna by Gerlach and Schenk. Collections of and digitalized by the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gri_33125013920190/page/n2/mode/1up

Page 6, Das Thier in der decorativen Kunst. Anton Seder, artist. Published in 1896 in Vienna by Gerlach and Schenk. Collections of and digitalized by the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gri_33125013920190/page/n6/mode/1up
Page 8, Das Thier in der decorativen Kunst. Anton Seder, artist. Published in 1896 in Vienna by Gerlach and Schenk. Collections of and digitalized by the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gri_33125013920190/page/n8/mode/1up
Page 10, Das Thier in der decorativen Kunst. Anton Seder, artist. Published in 1896 in Vienna by Gerlach and Schenk. Collections of and digitalized by the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gri_33125013920190/page/n10/mode/1up
Page 12, Das Thier in der decorativen Kunst. Anton Seder, artist. Published in 1896 in Vienna by Gerlach and Schenk. Collections of and digitalized by the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gri_33125013920190/page/n12/mode/1up
Page 22, Das Thier in der decorativen Kunst. Anton Seder, artist. Published in 1896 in Vienna by Gerlach and Schenk. Collections of and digitalized by the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gri_33125013920190/page/n22/mode/1up
Page 24, Das Thier in der decorativen Kunst. Anton Seder, artist. Published in 1896 in Vienna by Gerlach and Schenk. Collections of and digitalized by the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gri_33125013920190/page/n24/mode/1up
Page 28, Das Thier in der decorativen Kunst. Anton Seder, artist. Published in 1896 in Vienna by Gerlach and Schenk. Collections of and digitalized by the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gri_33125013920190/page/n28/mode/1up
Page 32, Das Thier in der decorativen Kunst. Anton Seder, artist. Published in 1896 in Vienna by Gerlach and Schenk. Collections of and digitalized by the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gri_33125013920190/page/n32/mode/1up
Page 34, Das Thier in der decorativen Kunst. Anton Seder, artist. Published in 1896 in Vienna by Gerlach and Schenk. Collections of and digitalized by the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gri_33125013920190/page/n34/mode/1up
Page 38, Das Thier in der decorativen Kunst. Anton Seder, artist. Published in 1896 in Vienna by Gerlach and Schenk. Collections of and digitalized by the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gri_33125013920190/page/n38/mode/1up
Page 40, Das Thier in der decorativen Kunst. Anton Seder, artist. Published in 1896 in Vienna by Gerlach and Schenk. Collections of and digitalized by the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gri_33125013920190/page/n40/mode/1up
Page 42, Das Thier in der decorativen Kunst. Anton Seder, artist. Published in 1896 in Vienna by Gerlach and Schenk. Collections of and digitalized by the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gri_33125013920190/page/n42/mode/1up
Page 45, Das Thier in der decorativen Kunst. Anton Seder, artist. Published in 1896 in Vienna by Gerlach and Schenk. Collections of and digitalized by the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gri_33125013920190/page/n45/mode/1up
Page 48, Das Thier in der decorativen Kunst. Anton Seder, artist. Published in 1896 in Vienna by Gerlach and Schenk. Collections of and digitalized by the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gri_33125013920190/page/n48/mode/1up
Page 50, Das Thier in der decorativen Kunst. Anton Seder, artist. Published in 1896 in Vienna by Gerlach and Schenk. Collections of and digitalized by the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gri_33125013920190/page/n50/mode/1up
Page 52, Das Thier in der decorativen Kunst. Anton Seder, artist. Published in 1896 in Vienna by Gerlach and Schenk. Collections of and digitalized by the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gri_33125013920190/page/n52/mode/1up
Page 56, Das Thier in der decorativen Kunst. Anton Seder, artist. Published in 1896 in Vienna by Gerlach and Schenk. Collections of and digitalized by the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gri_33125013920190/page/n56/mode/1up
Page 58, Das Thier in der decorativen Kunst. Anton Seder, artist. Published in 1896 in Vienna by Gerlach and Schenk. Collections of and digitalized by the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gri_33125013920190/page/n58/mode/1up
Page 60, Das Thier in der decorativen Kunst. Anton Seder, artist. Published in 1896 in Vienna by Gerlach and Schenk. Collections of and digitalized by the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gri_33125013920190/page/n60/mode/1up
Page 62, Das Thier in der decorativen Kunst. Anton Seder, artist. Published in 1896 in Vienna by Gerlach and Schenk. Collections of and digitalized by the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gri_33125013920190/page/n62/mode/1up

Paintings of the First Nations in the Canadian West. A buffalo too but he fits right in. Frederick Arthur Vener, artist (1836-1928).

Ojibwa Camp, Northern Shore of Lake Huron. 1873. Canadian. Oil on canvas. Frederick Arthur Vener, painter (1836-1928). Image source; National Gallery of Canada. In the public domain in the United States because it was published before 1927. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Frederick_A.Verner–Ojibwa_Camp,_Northern_Shore_of_Lake_Huron(1873).jpg

Indian encampment. 1891. Canadian. Watercolor on cardboard. Frederick Arthur Vener, painter (1836-1928). Image source; Sotheby’s Toronto. Signed on the lower right. In the public domain in the United States because it was published before 1927. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Frederick_Arthur_Verner_-Indian_Encampment(1891).jpg




Sold Buffalo by the River. 1906. Canadian. Watercolor. Frederick Arthur Vener, painter (1836-1928). Image © Mayberry Fine Art. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://mayberryfineart.com/artist/frederick-arthur-verner/



Indian and Canoe. By 1928. Canadian. Watercolor on paper, Image © Mayberry Fine Art. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://mayberryfineart.com/art/indian-and-canoe-frederick-arthur-verner-3799/

Pretty pigeons from 1906, taken from Emil Schachtzabel’s “Illustriertes Prachtwerk sämtlicher Tauben-rassen.” Schachtzabel was a government worker who also loved pigeons.

Page 20 of Illustriertes Prachtwerk sämtlicher Tauben-rassen. 1906.  Lithograph based on a watercolor template by Anton Schöner. In the public domain due to age. Collections of the American Museum of Natural History Library. In the public domain due to age. via https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/106229#page/20/mode/2up

Page 22 of Illustriertes Prachtwerk sämtlicher Tauben-rassen. 1906.  Lithograph based on a watercolor template by Anton Schöner. In the public domain due to age. Collections of the American Museum of Natural History Library. In the public domain due to age. via https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/106229#page/20/mode/2up

Page 24 of Illustriertes Prachtwerk sämtlicher Tauben-rassen. 1906.  Lithograph based on a watercolor template by Anton Schöner. In the public domain due to age. Collections of the American Museum of Natural History Library. In the public domain due to age. via https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/106229#page/20/mode/2up

Toucans from John Gould’s 1833 work “A monograph of the Ramphastidae, or family of toucans.” Published in London by C. Hullmandel. Lithographic plates from drawings by Edward Lear and John Gould and Elizabeth Gould which were then hand colored by or under the supervision of Gabriel Bayfield.

Ramphastos culmenatus. Culmenated toucan. Image 2 from A monograph of the Ramphastidae, or family of toucans. 1833. Edward Lear, maker. Collections of the Smithsonian Libraries. Biodiversity Heritage Library, digitalizing sponsors. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/monographrampha00goul/page/2/mode/1up

Ramphastos Cuvieri (Wagler) Cuvier’s Toucan. Image 3 from A monograph of the Ramphastidae, or family of toucans. 1833. Drawn from nature and on stone by John and Elizabeth Gould. Collections of the Smithsonian Libraries. Biodiversity Heritage Library, digitalizing sponsors. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/monographrampha00goul/page/3/mode/1up

Ramphastos erythrorhynchus (auct). Red billed toucan. Image 4 from A monograph of the Ramphastidae, or family of toucans. 1833. Drawn by Edward Lear. Collections of the Smithsonian Libraries. Biodiversity Heritage Library, digitalizing sponsors. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/monographrampha00goul/page/4/mode/1up

Victorian era animal pictures, taken from the 1840s “The Naturalist’s Library” which was edited by Sir William Jardine. Hand-colored engraved plates by W. H. Lizars. Taken from a current Sotheby’s auction.

The Bactrian Camel. Plate 1 from a volume of The Naturalist’s Library. 1840s. Hand-colored engraving. W. H. Lizars, engraver. Sir William Jardine, editor. Image  © 2021 Sotheby’s. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2022/fine-books-and-manuscripts-including-americana-part-2/jardine-sir-william-editor-a-complete-natural

Felis Leo (Lion). Plate 2 from a volume of The Naturalist’s Library. 1840s. Hand-colored engraving. W. H. Lizars, engraver. Sir William Jardine, editor. Image  © 2021 Sotheby’s. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2022/fine-books-and-manuscripts-including-americana-part-2/jardine-sir-william-editor-a-complete-natural
White bodied grackle. From a volume of The Naturalist’s Library. 1840s. Hand-colored engraving. W. H. Lizars, engraver. Sir William Jardine, editor. Image  © 2021 Sotheby’s. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2022/fine-books-and-manuscripts-including-americana-part-2/jardine-sir-william-editor-a-complete-natural

Cows in summer. American. Thomas Bigelow Craig, painter. Living from 1849 to 1924, sometimes he painted sheep, too. Studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.

The Watering Place. 1891. American. Oil on canvas. Thomas Bigelow Craig, painter (1849-1924). Signed and dated THOS. B. CRAIG 1891 on the lower left. Titled, inscribed, and dated Painted by Nature by THOS. B. CRAIG.1891 on the reverse. Image  © 1999 – 2020 SKINNER, INC,  Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://live.skinnerinc.com/lots/view/4-5ZWQ7Z/thomas-bigelow-craig-american-1849-1924


Cattle on a country road. Undated, by 1924. American. Oil on canvas. Thomas Bigelow Craig, painter (1849-1924). Signed Thos. B. Craig on the lower left. Image © CHRISTIE’S 2022, Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. Fair use license. via https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-4559006

Cattle grazing in a river landscape. 1893. American. Oil on canvas. Thomas Bigelow Craig, painter (1849-1924). Signed and dated Thos. B. Craig 1893 on the lower left. Image © CHRISTIE’S 2022, Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. Fair use license. via https://www.christies.com/lot/lot-4341488

19th century birds painted by Danish artist Niels Peter Rasmussen. Living from 1847 to 1918, he also painted portraits and flowers.

Pigeon. February 3, 1907. Danish. oil on canvas. Niels Peter Rasmussen, painter (1847-1918). Date and monogram Søndag (Sunday) 3. Febr. 1907 “NPR” on the upper left. Image source bruun-rasmussen.dk. In the public domain in the United States because the artist died over 100 years ago. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Niels_Peter_Rasmussen_-Due-_1907.png



 Gravand liggende i græsset.. July 12, 1906. Danish. Oil on cardboard. Niels Peter Rasmussen, painter (1847-1918). Inscribed with a monogram, location and date NPR” Viborg 12 Juli 1906 on the lower right. Image source bruun-rasmussen.dk. In the public domain in the United States because the artist died over 100 years ago. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Niels_Peter_Rasmussen_-Gravand_liggende_i_gr%C3%A6sset-_1906.png

Skægmejse siddende på en kvist. May 20m 1916. Danish. Oil on cardboard. Niels Peter Rasmussen, painter (1847-1918). Inscribed with a monogram and the date on the bottom left: “NPR” 20 Mai 1916. In the public domain in the United States because the artist died over 100 years ago. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Niels_Peter_Rasmussen_-_Sk%C3%A6gmejse_siddende_p%C3%A5_en_kvist.png

Tre gråspurve venter på edderkoppen. December, 1902. Oil on canvas. . Niels Peter Rasmussen, painter (1847-1918). Monogram and date bottom right: “NPR” Decb 1902. Image source bruun-rasmussen.dk. In the public domain in the United States because the artist died over 100 years ago. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Niels_Peter_Rasmussen_-Tre_gr%C3%A5spurve_venter_p%C3%A5_edderkoppen-_1902.png