Public Domain Image Archive

korean fairy tales illustration

Illustration by William Elliot Griffis, from Korean Fairy Tales (1922).

Source: @librarycongress.bsky.social / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/08929c5f-56cc-4874-8331-44f2170ca7e8

#animals #cats #nature #korea #birds #folklore #children #art #publicdomain

Constantine Hering (ca. 1870).

Source: Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/62ccc6bf-6faf-4bf8-8bc0-28ac241dc35a

#homeopathy #cannabis #proving #ties #beards #medicine #drugs #art #publicdomain

Illustration from 17th-century fortifications treatise

Illustration by Romeyn de Hooghe, from The Works of Mars (1671).

Source: @rijksmuseum.bsky.social

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/2c1f1218-3764-47ed-ac6b-f147a5efd4f9

#mathematics #fortifications #diagrams #warfare #military #construction #geometry #architecture

Illustration by Mark Catesby, from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands (1754).

Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Biodiversity Heritage Library

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/3979ad00-c631-4d2d-ba93-7cadfacde4c8

#birds #wildlife #art #publicdomain

Scientific illustration by Orra Hitchcock

Trap Veins in Sandstone, Scotland (1828–40) by Orra White Hitchcock.

Source: Amherst College

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/29df1817-bd3e-40e9-8571-dfffdad4dbb7

#fossils #education #scotland #geology #fabric #science #mineralogy #textiles #art #publicdomain

Photograph of LA alligator farm

Alligator purse above incubator (ca. 1907).

Source: University of Southern California Libraries

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/c461cea6-2e14-47e9-ba60-a7633b02d464

#reptiles #attractions #animals #bags #enclosures #california #zoos #alligators #furniture #babies #art #publicdomain

Studio photograph of people posing

Marie Høeg (ca. 1895–1903).

Source: Preus Museum / Flickr: The Commons

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/a423884f-ba51-4142-9841-4df77609be85

#victorian-sexuality #homosexuality #artist-studio #cross-dressing #play #women #art #publicdomain

"I Am the Witch of the North." (1900) by W. W. Denslow, from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

Source: @librarycongress.bsky.social

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/d22f21d6-5ede-499c-bd44-1315122473a0

#dogs #witches #greetings #art #publicdomain

“Madame B” Butterly Collage (ca. 1870) by Madame B.

Source: @artinstitutechi.bsky.social‬

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/2479cfdf-248a-44e6-844d-ad6319baae91

#wings #nature #patterns #butterflies #art #publicdomain

Illustration of bread

Section of Crumby Loaf (1903) by Owen Simmons, from The Book of Bread.

Source: University of Leeds Library / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/b47ff624-4848-481a-b8f6-101e28eeaae3

#bread #food #baking #art #publicdomain

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Illustration by J. H. Brown, from Spectropia: or, Surprising Spectral Illusions, Showing Ghosts Everywhere, and of any Colour (1863).

Source: @yale.edu / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/3ad93c6c-c3a2-4c40-b388-b1c8b40640f8

#illusion #halloween #spirituality #clouds #ghosts

ito jakuchu

The Paroquet (ca. 1900) by Itō Jakuchū.

Source: @metmuseum.org

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/e2c297d3-b70f-4639-af62-abca28aa971b

#japan #woodblock #birds #parrots #art #publicdomain

Illustration by Jean Errard, from Fortification réduicte art and démonstrée (1600).

Source: Deutsche Fotothek / Wikimedia Commons

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/516207c3-1936-4a55-8a3d-fde251aba0d2

#fortifications #warfare #geometry #architecture #art #publicdomain

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Detail from an intarsia piece by Fra Damiano da Bergamo (early 16th century) by Fra Damiano da Bergamo.

Source: @metmuseum.org

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/c94d16ed-df39-4d02-953d-f5e66b01f6a4

#animals #woodwork #nature #marquetry #courtyard #intarsia #craftmanship #architecture #art

blackwork print

Title plate with blackwork motifs (1615) by Etienne Carteron.

Source: @metmuseum.org

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/d4ed898f-985c-4e30-a24c-e228105fea87

#decorative #jewelry #black #ink #art #publicdomain

Leaving the Opera in the Year 2000 (ca. 1902) by Albert Robida.

Source: @librarycongress.bsky.social

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/ad467afd-3fea-4e24-b3f3-9f8a5b644419

#cityscape #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/84fea7fc-b310-4e0b-85dc-4289dba18cee

#collage #botanical #floral #decorations #montage #ornament #berries #leaves #plants #art

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Illustration by Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, from Proverbii verificati: per l'esperienza cotidiana (1718).

Source: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/9059b2aa-facb-43a9-81ba-4409e101fd03

#dogs #proverbs #juggling #art #publicdomain

Studio photograph of people posing

Marie Hoeg posing with her brother Karl (ca. 1895–1903).

Source: Preus Museum / Flickr: The Commons

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/d116a11a-009d-4801-baa5-6d7e24281166

#victorian-sexuality #homosexuality #artist-studio #cross-dressing #play #women #art #publicdomain

Illustration of the commemorative events held for Elisabeth of Hessen’s christening.

Illustration by Wilhelm Dilich, from Historische Beschreibung der Kindtauf des Fräuleins Elisabeth zu Hessen (1598).

Source: @bsbmuenchen.bsky.social‬

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/3570c3bc-f144-4539-8d1a-dfb3802dfa3d

#watercolours #royalty #costumes

From Album of Turkish Costume Paintings (NYPL b12578496) (ca. 1867).

Source: @nypl.bsky.social

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/0bd332b6-323b-4ae1-8fb8-de2d2c3110a5

#turbans #clothes #mustaches #portraiture #costumes #hats #fashion #art #publicdomain

Photograph of Palestinian wildflower

Maritime squill (Urginea maritima Baker) (ca. 1900–20) by American Colony, from Wild Flowers of Palestine.

Source: @librarycongress.bsky.social

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/8670c662-fe1c-4630-a22e-e931aa9eb434

#plant-photography #wildflowers #herbs #israel #botany #natural-history #floral

Lithograph of pigeons

Illustration by Anton Schöner, from Illustriertes Prachtwerk sämtlicher Taubenrassen (1906).

Source: American Museum of Natural History Library / Biodiversity Heritage Library

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/d7782684-022c-4b0b-a645-6a8c3f6920eb

#breeding #birds #pigeons #evolution #art

Hallow'een Greetings: Happy Reflections
(ca. 1920).

Source: @nypl.bsky.social

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/4e61cafb-54a9-4f43-9ee6-cbcd4dc75504

#flames #halloween #staffs #decorative #postcards #flowers #hats #art #publicdomain

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Illustration by John Bulwer, from Chirologia, or the Naturall Language of the Hand (1644).

Source: @folger.edu

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/6b665dfc-793c-4c70-8971-db76bec62e10

#hands #language #gesture #symbolism #communication #iconography #art #publicdomain

Kimono design pattern

From Shin-Bijutsukai (1902).

Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/629aafe6-69a6-4fbe-bb0f-b1ad8b2f535c

#abstract #japan #patterns #shin-bijutsukai #design #art #publicdomain

Photograph by John H. White for Documerica

“A Black child on the rear porch of a house in a very low income area on...” (1973–4) by John H. White, from Documerica.

Source: @usnatarchives.bsky.social

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/01f8075a-a931-4b26-8e96-5d903a37485a

#chicago #toddlers #documerica #portraits #documentary #art

Illustration of the commemorative events held for Elisabeth of Hessen’s christening.

Illustration by Wilhelm Dilich, from Historische Beschreibung der Kindtauf des Fräuleins Elisabeth zu Hessen (1598).

Source: @bsbmuenchen.bsky.social‬

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/abf6c4e9-658b-45ed-b13f-edc82e9a2858

#watercolours #royalty #costumes

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Color Analysis From Arab Mosaics (1902) by Emily Noyes Vanderpoel, from Color Problems: A Practical Manual for the Lay Student of Color.

Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/09f32ce0-0311-449f-abfd-8c0fe1636de4

#color #mosaics #squares

The Colour Scheme of an Antique Rug (1902) by Emily Noyes Vanderpoel, from Color Problems: A Practical Manual for the Lay Student of Color.

Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/a973057e-75c5-44b4-8e5b-a9d4f03a37eb

#charts #rugs #color