Explore our free collection of rabbit and Easter bunny images, perfect for spring and festive projects. High-quality, charming, and ready to use, these bunny photos add joy to any Easter-themed design or decoration.
I’ve got that spring feeling. The days are longer, the weather is warmer, and whilst on my morning run, I often spot cute rabbits and baby bunnies. With Easter just around the corner, I thought curating a collection of vintage Easter Bunny pictures and rabbit illustrations would be fun.
- Rabbits and hares are prevalent symbols for spring. They symbolise fertility because they can birth several litters of bunnies yearly.
- Rabbits make popular pets; there are 305 species of domesticated rabbits. Male rabbits are called bucks, and female rabbits are called does.
- Baby rabbits tend to be referred to as bunnies, kits or kittens. In the wild, rabbits live together in groups called colonies.
- Although from the same family, Leporidae, horses and rabbits are different species. As well as being larger and having bigger ears, the main difference between hares and rabbits is with their young.
- Baby hares are born fully developed with fur and can see. At the same time, newborn bunnies are blind and have no fur.
Rabbit and Easter Bunny Pictures To Print
The bunny rabbit has, over the centuries, been a source of artistic inspiration. From Beatrix Potters, Peter Rabbit and Benjamen Bunny to Lewis Carrols White Rabbit and March Hare from “Alice In Wonderland”. Not forgetting our family favourite, the Nutbrown Hares from “Guess How Much I Love You”.
The following images are a mixture of vintage Easter bunny pictures and lovely old rabbit and hare illustrations and prints. They are all in the public domain and free to download.
Click on the title to download the rabbit and vintage Easter bunny pictures. The rabbit or bunny image should open as a new tab in your browser.
Then either print the illustration straight away or save the image to your hard drive to use at a later date.
Vintage Bunny, Rabbit And Hare Illustrations From Literature
This first collection of vintage Easter bunny pictures is illustrations of famous bunnies, rabbits and hares from literature.
Beatrix Potter Rabbit Illustrations
1. Benjamin Bunny – Beatrix Potter
This lovely illustration is from the Beatrix Potter book “The Tale of Benjamin Bunny”. It shows Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny collecting onions for Mrs Rabbit.
2. Peter Rabbit & Flopsy Bunnies – Beatrix Potter
This fabulous vintage bunny picture is from the Beatrix Potter book “The Tale of The Flopsy Bunnies”, her third book in the Peter Rabbit series.
3. Flopsy Bunnies – Beatrix Potter
More of Peter Rabbits and Flopsy’s little bunnies. From the Beatrix Potter book “The Tale of The Flopsy Bunnies”.
4. More Flopsy Bunnies – Beatrix Potter
Another cute vintage illustration of Peter Rabbits and Flopsys bunnies.
Beatrix Potter Peter Rabbit
The following rabbit illustrations are from the 1916 edition of The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter.
Print 5. Mrs Rabbit and her Bunnies
Print 6: Mrs Rabbit with Basket
7: Peter Rabbit eating radishes
Print 8: Caught By His Buttons
11. Flopsy, Mopsy & Cottontail
Flopsy, Mopsy and Cottontail had bread and milk and blackberries for supper.
Rabbits From Alice In Wonderland
12. The White Rabbit – Lewis Carol
“The White Rabbit blew three blasts on the trumpet” from “Alice in Wonderland” by Lewis Carol and illustrated by Margaret W. Tarrant.
13. The White Rabbit 2 – Lewis Carol
“After waiting until she fancied she heard the rabbit just under the window, she suddenly spread out her hand and made a snatch in the air” Illustration from “Alice in Wonderland” by Lewis Carol and illustrated by Margaret W. Tarrant.
14. The White Rabbit – “The Nursery Alice”
This White Rabbit illustration is from the Lewis Carol book “The Nursery Alice”. The book was a shortened version of “Alice in Wonderland”,
15. The March Hare – “The Nursery Alice”
The Mad Hatters tea party featuring the March Hare. The illustration is from the Lewis Carol book “The Nursery Alice”, a shortened version of “Alice in Wonderland”, specially adapted for children.
Other Easter Bunny Prints
16. The Easter Bunny – Puck Magazine
A cover of the
Print 17. Ohara Koson Bunny Rabbit Painting
A delightful vintage Japanese rabbit painting by the artist Ohara Koson.
Bunny Rabbit Pictures and Illustrations from Natural History Books
The following vintage Easter bunny pictures are scientific illustrations from encyclopedias and nature books.
18. Mountain Hare – Lepus Timidus
An illustration of a Mountain Hare eating cabbage from the German publication “Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur, mit Beschreibungen”.
19. Lepus Variabilis Pall Hibernus
Lepus Variabilis Pall Hibernus translates as the Long-Eared Brown Rabbit. This illustration must be of it in its white winter coat. Another illustration from “Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen
20. Antelope Jack Rabbits – National Geographic 1918
Two antelope jack rabbits from an article in the National Geographic (1918), titled “Small Mammals Of North America”.
21. Texan Hare – John Woodhouse Audubon
This illustration is by John Woodhouse Audubon in 1846. Not to be confused with his father John James Audubon of “Birds of America” fame.
22. Townsend’s Rocky Mountain Hare – 1851
A male and female Rocky Mountain Hares from “The Quadrupeds of North America”. This print is featured in this fantastic collection of woodland animal prints.
23. Grey Rabbits and Bunny – 1851
Another fabulous vintage rabbit picture from “The Quadrupeds Of North America”. A pair of Grey Rabbits and a bunny.
A charming Cottontail Rabbit illustration from “Wild Animals of North America, Intimate Studies of Big and Little Creatures of the Mammal Kingdom”.
Another fabulous old rabbit print from the ” Wild Animals of North America, Intimate Studies of Big and Little Creatures of the Mammal Kingdom”. This time a painting of a Marsh Rabbit.
26. Collection Of Rabbits and Hares – 1897
This natural history illustration is from Audubon’s “The Animal Kingdom” in 1897. Includes Texas, Jackass Rabbit, Northern Hare (summer coat), Domestic Rabbit, Common Wild Rabbit and Northern Hare (winter coat).
Print 27: Jackalope and Rabbits
This collection of rabbits is from Joris Hoefnagel’s Four Elements. The Jackalope is a mythical hare crossed with an antelope.
This fantastic collection of vintage Easter images from old cards and magazines has many more Easter Bunny images.
If you liked this post, you might want to check out some of my other vintage natural history prints. In particular, these vintage frog illustrations.
- Natural History Posters of Adolphe Millot
- Sealife Natural History Posters
- Parrot Paintings of Edward Lear
Also, there are some wonderful Vintage Easter postcards and
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Lou
Tuesday 8th of March 2022
Thank you so much for providing clear copies of these pictures. I can't believe they're all in the public domain. Thank you also for attaching the references to the pictures. It makes downloading so much easier when I don't have to stop to type in each book and the author/artist name.
claire
Wednesday 9th of March 2022
Thank you, you're welcome glad you enjoyed them.
Happy Easter
Saturday 20th of April 2019
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