A sample of 13 out of 15 low redshift (0.1 ≤ z ≤ 0.6) radio-loud quasars have been resolved on large-scale (19 arcsec mm−1), sky-limited (µR ∼ 26.5 mag sec−2) Kodak IIIa-F photographs obtained with the ESO 3.6-m telescope. The QSO images were analyzed by digitally subtracting the plate background and the point-spread function defined by images of nearby (≤ 1 arcmin) field stars having magnitudes comparable to the quasars (Δm ≲ 0.3 mag). The resolved nebulosities underlying the QSO images have isophotal diameters in the range θ ∼ 7 to 40 arcsec, with surface brightnesses µR ∼ 22–26 mag sec−2, and integrated apparent red magnitudes ∼ 16–21.