Public Domain Image Archive

The Stork’s Visit (1906).

Source: @britishlibrary.bsky.social / Wikimedia Commons

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/7fe4c595-236c-4dcd-9086-1eb68d7c457a

#tables #family #colonialism #art #publicdomain

Illustration of magic trick

The Apparition (1897), from Magic: Stage Illusions and Scientific Diversions.

Source: California Digital Library / Internet Archive

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/4fca2546-038b-49a5-9b40-913a90e1fa32

#supernatural #illusion #candles #magicians #chess #apparitions

Illustration by Charles Mavelot, from Nouveau livre de differens cartouches, couronnes, casques, supports et tenans (1695).

Source: @gettymuseum.bsky.social / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/f0c9ae60-61d1-40fc-9a4e-1bde080390b6

#decorative #birds #foliage #crowns #heraldry

Illustration related to chromotherapy

The Solar Spectrum Analyzed and Systematized (1878), from The Principles of Light and Color
.

Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/b631c5b4-805d-424c-959a-51fa314d0485

#spectrum #ether #color #light #psychic-phenomena

Erotic illustration from gemstone

Illustration by Pierre d'Hancarville, from Veneres uti observantur in gemmis antiquis (ca. 1771).

Source: @gettymuseum.bsky.social / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/772173ef-5563-4454-82ea-51c63ccf785b

#sex #pornography #sexology #cameos #antiquity #art #publicdomain

Diorama of life in Suriname

Diorama of Government Square in Paramaribo (1812) by Gerrit Schouten.

Source: @rijksmuseum.bsky.social

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/d0d0288f-ce97-407b-9451-66a0848ffce4

#models #towns #clouds #indigenous #streets #buildings #dutch #dioramas #landscape

Four skeletal figures play musical instruments in a detailed, decorative scene.

Xylograph engraving based on the mural at the Cimetière des Innocents (1490) by Pierre Le Rouge, from La danse macabre nouvelle.

Source: @librarycongress.bsky.social

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/55a301aa-d8aa-472a-bda9-1916350e6f8a

#dance-of-death #string-instruments #mortality #percussion

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Illustration by N. Rémond, from Iconographie descriptive des cactées, ou, Essais systématiques et raisonnés sur l'histoire naturelle, la classification et la culture des plantes de cette famille (1841).

Source: Missouri Botanical Garden / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/4c129f7b

John Bingley Garland collage from Evelyn Waugh's Blood Book

John Bingley Garland, ca. 1850–60.

Source: Harry Ransom Center

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/19ebdd4b-f4e3-409b-ad12-a94c7f3fe9ac

#collage #crucifixion #religion #blood #symbolism #crucifixes #christianity #flora #architecture #art #publicdomain

Illustration by Augustus Jansson, from The Inland Printer (1903–7).

Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/d6bc0da8-b803-4e5e-957a-35c56d7292e5

#parades #animals #advertisements #giraffes #advertising #color #adverts #ink #art #publicdomain

No Injury to the Willing (ca. 1790) by Marcus Eugenius Bonacina, from Compendiolum de praeparatione auri potabilis veri.

Source: @yale.edu

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/577d8478-e396-433f-bb5b-d5ea7ebab92b

#chemistry #nudes #occultism #alchemy #serpents #shields #owls #art #publicdomain

stage from Lavater's frog to Apollo sequence

Illustration by Christian von Mechel, from Stufe vom Frosch zum Apoll (ca. 1785).

Source: Österreichische Nationalbibliothek

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/e6cdee83-de0b-4918-bb60-e9a181c5dbde

#portraiture #portraits #morphing #frogs #sequential #aesthetics #physiognomy #art #publicdomain

The Rainbow (after 1885) by Félix Bracquemond.

Source: @metmuseum.org

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/f2333711-6c9c-4242-9b29-79494ecfcaa5

#rainbows #rivers #nature #angels #flora #art #publicdomain

erbario 15th century herbal

From Erbario: Penn MS LJS 419 (15th century).

Source: Penn Libraries

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/a84cac4e-3ea3-4e27-9081-0e50d1dcc3b5

#herbals #flora #leaves #plants #art #publicdomain

illustration from An Original Theory or New Hypothesis of the Universe

Plane and profile views of stars moving around a central body (1750) by Thomas Wright, from An Original Theory or New Hypothesis of the Universe.

Source: @gettymuseum.bsky.social / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/482a4338-3dfd-4c22-882d-ed00bfd860cc

#diagrams #orbits #space

Photograph by John H. White for Documerica

“Black family at the Church of the Messiah on Chicago’s south side for the baby's...” (1973–4) by John H. White, from Documerica.

Source: @usnatarchives.bsky.social

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/0a610b27-eaff-41fd-9a90-dd8c2791592e

#affection #couples #family #chicago #documerica #portraits

manuscript illustration from jacob van maerlant der naturen bloeme

From Der Naturen Bloeme (ca. 1350).

Source: National Library of the Netherlands

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/f17a45e7-d549-4c3a-8125-16daff621e52

#animals #fish #bestiary #art #publicdomain

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Illustration by J. J. Grandville, from Public and Private Life of Animals (1877).

Source: California Digital Library / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/b1106b18-bb18-41fc-8890-1218b33abeed

#satire #dogs #france #cats #swords #paris #art #publicdomain

Philipp Hainhofer’s Große Stammbuch

Illustration by Philipp Hainhofer, from Große Stammbuch (1596–1633).

Source: Herzog August Bibliothek

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/67b84d50-5075-4254-bee1-2c9b25a6d840

#societies #nobility #portraits #signatures #friendship #hats #art #publicdomain

manuscript illustration from jacob van maerlant der naturen bloeme

From Der Naturen Bloeme (ca. 1350).

Source: National Library of the Netherlands

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/b8873d57-fa1a-45dd-b586-64b97cb0e9ca

#animals #mermaids #bestiary #mermen #hybrid-figures #swords #shields #helmets #art #publicdomain

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From Die Asteriden der Siboga-Expedition (1917).

Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Biodiversity Heritage LibraryInternet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/917f0e27-3097-46ac-855b-3e01070c1fe6

#collage #marine #biology #sea #oceans #starfish #echinoderms #art #publicdomain

Painting of flowers

Apothecary Rose (Rosa gallica) (ca. 1510–1515) by Master of Claude de France, from Book of Flower Studies.

Source: @metmuseum.org

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/dc0ff281-6edd-4a3b-8cd9-4f2bd45c908c

#roses #spring #botanical-art #illuminated-manuscripts

Photograph by John H. White for Documerica

“Black woman selling gas filled “have a happy day” balloons on a Chicago South Side street…” (1973–4) by John H. White, from Documerica.

Source: @usnatarchives.bsky.social

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/35851225-4f23-430c-a0f7-a3ee7234e311

#balloons #chicago #documerica #cars #sitting

Illustration for Dante's Divine Comedy

*Inferno*, Canto XXXIII*, 1865. Heads frozen in the lake of Cocytus. (1865) by Luigi Ademollo, from Divine Comedy.

Source: @cornelluniversity.bsky.social‬

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/5a0cf6cc-2042-43b4-a3a9-2a9d1ec05612

#hell #dante #inferno #art #publicdomain

From Anvār-i Suhaylī (1847).

Source: The Walters Art Museum

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/c8c77123-da64-42ae-b125-1320d543d121

#panchatantra #persia #animals #mountains #iran #rural #altercation #cows #violence #fables #art #publicdomain

Ring shaped gem

Ring shaped gem depicting a hybrid figure, a mix of a butterfly and a male youth. (1778) by Filippo Palizzi, from Alcuni monumenti del Museo Carrafa.

Source: @gettymuseum.bsky.social / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/db44a7b0-4300-4bd8-84e4-b1875f0e4093

#insects #naples

Illustration from Ramelli's *Diverse and artificial machines*

Illustration by Agostino Ramelli, from Le diverse et artificiose machine (1588).

Source: @librarycongress.bsky.social

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/2c6fc73b-87e1-4edd-a40b-b7c35498671c

#fountains #technology #cogs #machinery #waterwheels #engineering #machines #art #publicdomain

Filippo Morghen's Fantastical Visions of Lunar Life

The Manner of transporting wares on Barges drawn by a Bellows. (1776) by Filippo Morghen, from Raccolta delle cose più notabili Vedute da Giovanni Wilkins erudito Vescove Inglese nel suo famoso viaggio dalla Terra alla Luna....

Source: Yale University Art Gallery

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/

Illustration by Guillaume-Benjamin Duchenne, from Mécanisme de la physionomie humaine (1862).

Source: National Science and Media Museum / Flickr: The Commons

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/b489328c-388a-4f1e-a927-52a04c73dac3

#electricity #duchenne #art #publicdomain

martin gerlach decorative images of plants and animals

Illustration by Martin Gerlach, from Festons und Decorative Gruppen aus Pflanzen und Thieren (1897).

Source: @rijksmuseum.bsky.social

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/022e472a-455d-4caa-b1ae-c40aac91f09d

#collage #botanical #cabbages #fruit #vegetables #decorations #montage #flora #melons