Free Printable Natural History Posters Of Adolphe Millot
Dive into the legacy of Adolphe Millot with our stunning range of free printable natural history posters. Perfect for educators, artists, and decor enthusiasts, these public domain illustrations are available for instant download and display.
You probably recognise these natural history posters, which are very popular and have been sold as gift wraps and prints. They were painted by the French painter and entomologist Adolphe Millot in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries.
These gorgeous natural history paintings were for the book the Nouveau Larousse Illustré a French encyclopedia first published in 1905. I have included the identification posters Millot painted for insects, birds, and butterflies.
The animal posters of mammals and reptiles from the Larousse books can be found here. Another Frenchman, Emile Deyrolle, created a wonderful collection of natural history posters.
Vintage Natural History Poster (Insects, Birds, and Butterflies)
To download the natural history posters, click on the highlighted title, and a higher-resolution image will open in a new tab. You can then save or print this image.
You can see the complete collection of vintage educational posters on Pictureboxblue here, including John Esmile's science posters.
Adolphe Millot's The Entomology (Insect) Posters
Poster 1. Insects Adolphe Millot
This natural history poster contains lovely illustrations of bees, flies, wasps, beetles, and other flying insects. Check out these other vintage insect prints.
I’ve used a poster like this before for a unique cupboard upcycle.
Poster 2. More Adolphe Millot Insects
Another natural history poster of insects. This time, they are mainly grasshoppers and beetles. For more detailed insect images check out the of amazing insect art of JORIS HOEFNAGEL.
If you are looking for wonderful dragonfly drawings, there are more here.
Poster 3: Insects Useful and Harmful
One more natural history poster of insects by Adolphe Millot. This time, however, he categorises the insects into 2 distinct groups: useful (utiles) and harmful (nuisibles).
There are some beautiful insect illustrations with plants in the Maria Sibylla Merian collection.
Adolphe Millot's Vintage Bird Posters 4-8
Poster 4: Oiseaux (Birds) Collection
This is a gorgeous colour, illustrated poster of tropical birds, from parrots to birds of paradise; for more tropical birds, check out the parrot paintings of Edward Lear.
Poster 5: Oiseaux Pour Tous (More Birds)
This time, there were more bird illustrations, and the variety of birds included game, wetland, seabirds, and large flightless birds such as ostriches, flamingoes, pelicans, and emus.
Poster 6: Even More Birds (Oiseaux Pour Tous A)
This collection of bird paintings includes birds of prey, such as vultures and owls. There is also a large collection of exotic birds, such as owls, cockatoos, and toucans. Each bird is labelled individually.
The natural history poster of Aldophe Millot is a fabulous illustrated collection of brightly
There are more feather illustrations here.
Poster 8. Natural History Poster of Oeufs (eggs)
This is a great poster for egg identification. A great collection of egg paintings, each labelled and named.
There are more birds nest and egg illustrations on the site.
Adolphe Millot Butterfly Posters 9-10
Poster 9. Papillons (Butterfly) Poster
A beautiful collection of butterfly paintings for identification. They would be great for a decoupage craft project. You can find more vintage butterfly charts here.
Poster 10: A Second Papillons (Butterfly) Poster
Another beautifully illustrated vintage butterfly identification poster.
Other Adolphe Millot Poster Collections
Don't forget to check out the sea life posters of Adolphe Millot and his antique botanical posters. Also, he made a collection of fruit and vegetable posters.
You might want to check out these other free vintage paintings.
Thank you for sharing these beautiful pictures.
You're welecome, glad you enjoyed them.
I am in tears because I am so happily overwhelmed by all of your historic pictures! Thank you so very much for freely sharing!
Thank you, they are a wondeful collection.
Thank you, these are so beautiful ❤️
What type of paper is best for printing?
Thank you so much. The paper to use depends on the finish you want glossy or matte. As these are old prints I think they would look best on paper with a matte finish.If going to a print shop they would advise you on the vest paper to use.
Thank for these gorgeous and diverse images. I’m fascinated to the point of being obsessed with them! I much appreciate the fact that you’ve also taken the trouble to provide insightful and detailed information. Thank you for your generosity.
Thank you, you're welcome. They are beautiful images I just had to share.
Hermosas imágenes. Muchísimas gracias!!! Saludos desde Argentina.
You're welcome and thanks for visiting.
These are stunning! Thank you
I'm glad you enjoyed them, thank you.
Thank you very much for all the lovely images. Be sure that everybody enjoys them.
Thank you glad you enjoyed them.
Love these illustrations, think I will see if they can be purchased poster size for framing. Wonderful.
Thank you, Cavalini make gift wrap posters in lots of vintage illustrations like these, which can be framed.
Hi! i love this!
thank you for share!
but i cannot download it 🙁
Hi, if you click on the title above the poster that you want then it should open in a new browser on your computer. If you then right-click on that image with your mouse you can save it to your hard drive. Let me know if you have any more problems.
Obrigado pelo seu trabalho, é um mundo espectacular.
Thanks so much, glad you enjoyed them.
Hi, these pictures are amazing! Is there any way of downloading them all in one go, or in collections instead of individually?
Thanks for sharing them!!!
Matt
Hi Mathew, sorry you can only download them individually at the moment.
Mine only seem to print in black and white?
Hi Lisa, I'm not sure why that is happening they are OK my end. Have you checked that your printer settings are OK and do the images show as colour on your computer?
thank you again! i printed them for my kids and came out stunning! Will you be posting any more? like vegetables ect. slight obsessed now.
Hi Marlise I have some botanical Millot ones here but will add any more as I find them.
Thanks so much. I am making them smaller - dollhouse size.
Wow, that sounds like a fun use of them. Glad you enjoyed them.
Thank so much! These posters are stunning! Every detail..I can't wait, thanks again!
Thank you, thay are one of my favs.
his has got to be one of the best sites I have ever viewed. The beauty of nature at its best, captured in colorful posters. I can't Thank You enough for providing these beautiful posters, and best of all, making it available to anyone to download and enjoy such beauty. THANK YOU!!!
Debra
You’re welcome all of Adolphe Millots posters are lovely 😊
Hi, I am wandering if you can recommend how large they can be printed? Would they print poster size?
They should print poster size they are large images.
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Thank you, glad you are enjoying them.
You have exquisite taste! These are stunning, thank so much for all your efforts.
Thank you
So neat! My favorite is the feathers one too, but the egg print is so fun for spring!
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Yes, the feather print is adorable.
Love them all I wanted to know if I can print them poster size like at staples or something like that? Would I need permission?
Thank you. They are copyright free so you can get them printed out at your local printers no problem.
If these are out of a book how do you have the permission to pass them out?
They are freely available to use as the book is over 100years old and out of copyright.
Hey Claire, thanks for sharing those! Are these free for commercial use, too? (As in, make collages and offer prints?)
Thanks!
Yes, they are. Thank you.
Thank you! These are lovely and I will enjoy using them for so many things. You are so kind or do this!
Cordially,
Betty in Chattanooga
Thank you, Betty. I'm glad you enjoyed them.
thank you thank you!!! Amazing that you share this!!
You’re welcome their will be more to come.
Did I miss it, how big do they print out? They are so, so beautiful. I think I might do some and get them framed for my house. Thank you so much. Some one mentioned to size it down. How might I do that? They do look quite large. Thank you so much.
Gorgeous, so many projects that these will be perfect for. Thanks so much.
Thank you, Julie.
What a beautiful collection you've gathered! Thanks for sharing at Vintage Charm--pinned!
Thank you!
These are beautiful! (Can we call insects beautiful? Thanks so much for sharing at Party in Your PJs link party!
Yes, I think we can especially when they are vintage!
These are gorgeous. (Can we call insects gorgeous??) Thanks so much for sharing at Party in Your PJs link party!
Thank you
Thank you! I'm not sure yet how I want to use them but they are awesome. I may size some down to tiny for the governess in one of my dollhouses to use for a nature lesson!
That sounds like a really fun idea!
These are so cool! Thanks for sharing on To Grandma's House We Go!
Thanks so much. I just love these vintage posters.
Oh you KNOW I want those feathers...do you have any idea how to make the background less dull? I would like to get it on a stark white, do you think printing on white paper would do it or nah? Thanks for sharing at Grandma's House.
The background is dull because its old. To make the background white you need to use a photo editing programme to either brighten the whole image or select the background and lighten it.
Absolutely amazing. Thank you for sharing such beauty. <3
Thank you, you’re welcome 😉
I love these! Especially the one with the feathers. These are too cool! Pinned & sharing.Thank you for sharing on Merry Monday! Hope to see ya next week!
Kim
The plumes are one of my favourites too!
Beautiful roundup of printables. I am loving them!
Thank you so much 😊
They are all gorgeous!
Thank you so much 😊
How lovely! Thank you!
Thank you!
Do you know where to find the actual names the correspond to the numbers on each print? My son is obsessed and I wish i could tell him more about them!
Sorry, Charlotte I only have the images at the moment, if I find the names I will add them to the post.
Oh my gosh, these are awesome! I came here via the linkup at Shabby Art Boutique. Thanks for sharing them!
Thank you so much. I love the plumes one.