Public Domain Image Archive

Illustration by Curuppumullage Jinarajadasa, from Occult Chemistry (1908). Source: @wellcomecollection.bsky.social Available to buy as a print. https://pdimagearchive.org/images/61e28818-fbac-4699-8b83-88037dc4e084 #chemistry #iron #diagrams #minerals #theosophy #occultism #science

Illustration by Edith Wharton, from Italian Villas and their Gardens (1904). Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Biodiversity Heritage Library https://pdimagearchive.org/images/f0ca005c-21b2-4c78-a080-fd72e7f433e5 #grottoes #gardens #water #sitting #trees #italy #architecture #painting

Sole scale, magnified 25 times (1887–88) by Marinus Pieter Filbri. Source: @rijksmuseum.bsky.social https://pdimagearchive.org/images/7e4bf712-c681-461b-ab33-4e7f59e10299 #micrography #micrographia #scales #fish #photomicrography #marinebiology #photography #art #publicdomain

Illustration by Katsushika Hokusai, from Illustrated Warrior Vanguard of Japan and China (1836). Source: @metmuseum.org Available to buy as a print. https://pdimagearchive.org/images/ab87cd0c-5e11-4535-8cd8-032f5690512c #warriors #spiders #combat #waves #japan #legend #folklore #mythology

Quercus Michauxii – Basket Oak (1888–1913) by Romeyn Beck Hough, from The American Woods. Source: @yale.edu https://pdimagearchive.org/images/450d5d77-6f1b-42b9-b672-c723bf547cd2 #wood #forests #woods #botany #trees #oak #crosssections #objects #art #publicdomain

Crystal of Iceland Spar (1878), from The Principles of Light and Color. Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives https://pdimagearchive.org/images/e417eda7-14bb-452b-8d02-664cbf645a46 #iceland #ether #color #crystals #psychicphenomena #colortheory #bookillustration #photomechanical #art

The Pigtail Has Got to Go (1898) by Louis Dalrymple, from Puck, v. 44, no. 1128. Source: @librarycongress.bsky.social https://pdimagearchive.org/images/4d77aee4-e3d4-4f1f-87d0-b86fdeeeb35f #america #periodical #hairstyle #progress #immigration #parasols #chromolithography #magazines #haircut

A one-eyed, malformed goddess, Benzaiten, is accompanied by an elephant, reptilian monsters, and, at left, the fierce Buddhist guardian Fudō Myōō holding a sword. (1890) by Kawanable… Source: @metmuseum.org https://pdimagearchive.org/images/6a11467f-44f9-452a-a348-3c3b5db683ac #parades #yokai

Illustration by Augustin Hirschvogel, from Geometria (1543). Source: SLUB Available to buy as a print. https://pdimagearchive.org/images/60f35c66-62da-4a3a-be23-240f1b3ce029 #diagrams #perspective #measurements #shapes #polygons #threedimensional #geometry #etching #art #publicdomain

Illustration by Joseph Drayton, Alfred Agate, from “Drawings of Tetradons and Diodons”, United States Exploring Expedition… Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Biodiversity Heritage Library https://pdimagearchive.org/images/be5b700c-7841-4c01-b075-70c61bde7b06 #fauna #anatomy #tetradons

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/8f93b009-d921-4551-91fd-ee4707a183e6 #scythes #proverbs #action #landscapes #movement

A Fairy Bower (1922) by Frances Griffiths, Elsie Wright, from The Coming of the Fairies. Source: @cornelluniversity.bsky.social‬ / Internet Archive https://pdimagearchive.org/images/27503aef-faf8-4f43-8ee9-2dc798e027a5 #flags #fairies #concealment #photography #art #publicdomain

Illustration by Maria Sibylla Merian, from Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium (1705). Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Biodiversity Heritage Library Available to buy as a print. https://pdimagearchive.org/images/67bf8b2e-08a1-40e6-b751-a230b6ce726c #metamorphosis #insects

Illustration by Augustus Jansson, from The Inland Printer (1903–7). Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives https://pdimagearchive.org/images/8c593d5d-2f93-4ac5-ab34-9b508402cf99 #parades #animals #advertisements #advertising #color #buffalo #adverts #ink #design #art #publicdomain

Auto Polo (ca. 1912) by Bain News Service. Source: @librarycongress.bsky.social / Flickr: The Commons https://pdimagearchive.org/images/9a8a9990-d5bb-443b-9d82-904e2e7a57fd #automobiles #stadiums #dust #cars #crashes #action #accidents #ford #driving #sport #photography #art #publicdomain

Illustration by Joseph-Balthazar Sylvestre, from Alphabet-album; collection de soixante feuilles d'alphabets historiés et fleuronnés, tirés des principales… Source: @bpl.boston.gov‬ / Internet Archive https://pdimagearchive.org/images/8886a580-2a40-494e-b846-432e3a2ee6cb #type #alphabets

Anonymous, ca. 1790–1810. Source: @philamuseum.bsky.social https://pdimagearchive.org/images/b8281a8f-6955-4b85-86f8-df94d6d49821 #brooches #jewelry #love #gifts #ornaments #miniatures #eyes #eroticism #frames #objects #painting #drawing #art #publicdomain

Illustration by Edouard Joseph d’Alton, from Die vergleichende Osteologie (1821–38). Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Biodiversity Heritage Library https://pdimagearchive.org/images/bb6d0ed3-e953-4e10-8b36-c6642578f4c7 #anatomy #animals #zoology #bones #skeletons #osteology #creatures

Illustration by L. A. Vaught, from Vaught's Practical Character Reader (1902). Source: @librarycongress.bsky.social / Internet Archive https://pdimagearchive.org/images/416c05ef-83ca-46ca-9244-a5cfbdecb669 #diagrams #character #psychology #pseudoscience #phrenology #physiognomy #marriage

Illustration by Henrique Alvim Corrêa, from La guerre des mondes (1906). Source: Duke University Libraries https://pdimagearchive.org/images/80790d2e-4bbf-42af-8171-3b71d8f98245 #destruction #warfare #aliens #machines #war #bookillustration #painting #drawing #art #publicdomain

Slightly Disfigured but Still In The (1885) by W. N. Bryant. Source: SMU Central University Libraries / Flickr: The Commons https://pdimagearchive.org/images/52748aa5-74bf-4054-8e2c-985b7dbaed31 #advertisements #hands #drugstores #cigars #adverts #design #letterpress #art #publicdomain

From BL Sloane 1975 (1190–1200). Source: @britishlibrary.bsky.social https://pdimagearchive.org/images/0c0fa5ba-8543-45c8-ac03-7f9061a87d50 #manuscripts #decorative #herbals #botanical #flora #plants #manuscript #art #publicdomain

The Blessing (ca. 1900), from Engagement to Wedding stereograph collection. Source: @bpl.boston.gov‬ / Flickr: The Commons https://pdimagearchive.org/images/979a026d-d84d-4e41-8003-db73c734a3f9 #couples #courting #stereographs #weddings #altar #love #romance #marriage #photography #art

Facsimile of the Codex Vaticanus B, ca. before 1596 (1831–48) by Agostino Aglio, from Antiquities of Mexico. Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Internet Archive Available to buy as a print. https://pdimagearchive.org/images/c8579456-f539-4a53-94d5-dbb6ff634ce9 #animals #mayans

The Great Buddha in *Baicao Mountain* (ca. 1900), from One Hundred Portraits of Peking Opera Characters. Source: @metmuseum.org https://pdimagearchive.org/images/0c99f51c-5567-4d0b-87d4-a025350929d4 #masks #costumes #theatre #china #opera #fashion #painting #drawing #art #publicdomain

Illustration by Samuel Fallours, Louis Renard, from Poissons, Ecrevisses et Crabes (1754). Source: Ernst Mayer Library / Biodiversity Heritage Library, Internet Archive Available to buy as a print. https://pdimagearchive.org/images/fb19d83d-b7bf-493c-9f32-e98edc9089d8 #pescatology #nature #fish

From Der Naturen Bloeme (ca. 1350). Source: National Library of the Netherlands https://pdimagearchive.org/images/b7029fba-6951-41b1-9239-9ad8a021f324 #animals #fish #bestiary #manuscript #art #publicdomain

Illustration by Joris Hoefnagel, Georg Bocskay, from Mira calligraphiae monumenta (ca. 1595). Source: @gettymuseum.bsky.social https://pdimagearchive.org/images/6e4ae110-2b88-4306-8125-814969424c7e #alphabets #decorative #angels #calligraphy #floral #typography #heraldry #shields #flemish

Effect produced by a vault of clouds. (1871) by Sargent, Eugène Cicéri, from Travels in the Air. Source: Harold B. Lee Library at Brigham Young University / Internet Archive Available to buy as a print. https://pdimagearchive.org/images/4104b77f-c63c-41f6-a369-568cdbb9ff79 #hotairballoons

Illustration by Théodore Marcile, from Civitas veri sive morvm (1609). Source: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign / Internet Archive https://pdimagearchive.org/images/b4c6369b-b626-41ab-907e-927147c38ef1 #aristotle #dystopia #ethics #buildings #emblems #arches #morals #utopias #architecture

Illustration by Georg Bartisch, from Ophthalmodouleia: Das ist, Augendienst (1583). Source: @wellcomecollection.bsky.social https://pdimagearchive.org/images/8e3c2af9-4fa7-45e3-9a1f-cf79a4463ad9 #diseases #ophthalmology #medicine #eyes #bookillustration #woodcut #art #publicdomain

Tsuba made of red bronze with three dice in negative silhouette and four dice in shallow silver. (1916) by Georg Oeder, from Japanische Stichblätter und… Source: @bpl.boston.gov‬ / Internet Archive https://pdimagearchive.org/images/d4adcec7-2814-47e4-9ff7-cd1d9b2c0dd0 #japan #samurai #swords

Fishing for Souls (1614) by Adriaen Pietersz. Source: @rijksmuseum.bsky.social https://pdimagearchive.org/images/5b0c2221-9eba-4ad8-92fe-a5900fb964ce #painting #water #rainbows #landscapes #boats #drawing #art #publicdomain

Illustration by Cyprianus, from Clavis Inferni. Source: @wellcomecollection.bsky.social https://pdimagearchive.org/images/145b8b92-e9f2-4386-9f17-5e6ea217939e #astrology #cyprianus #sorcery #manuscripts #pentagrams #magicians #occultism #esoteric #geometry #magic #manuscript #painting #drawing

Louis Renard's Fish, Plate LV (1754) by Louis Renard (after Samuel Fallours), from Poissons, Ecrevisses et Crabes. Source: Ernst Mayer Library / Biodiversity Heritage Library Available to buy as a print. https://pdimagearchive.org/images/10a51d8f-fdc3-4e22-88ff-94ac569ff1f1 #fauna

Notre-Dame (1900) by Donald Shaw MacLaughlan. Source: @artinstitutechi.bsky.social‬ https://pdimagearchive.org/images/163dbe9c-db20-42a8-8fa3-71f008fd9d4c #fire #notredame #gothic #cathedrals #architecture #paris #etching #art #publicdomain

From Hortus Malabaricus (1678-1693). Source: Missouri Botanical Garden / Biodiversity Heritage Library https://pdimagearchive.org/images/4eff5aeb-9328-4975-8afd-a850e8bb3767 #tendrils #kerala #india #botany #botanical #fruit #netherlands #flora #leaves #engraving #art #publicdomain

The Philistine, Matchbox Spirit, and the Crowned Poet (ca. 1921–25) by Paul Klee. Source: Zentrum Paul Klee / Wikimedia Commons https://pdimagearchive.org/images/c80b08ec-ca4c-425f-ab49-f27dc1770a76 #childhood #innocence #angels #dolls #death #loss #textiles #objects #textile #art #publicdomain

Orbs and rainbows circling the sun in Nuremberg, 1580 (detail). Source: Zentralbibliothek Zürich / e-manuscripta https://pdimagearchive.org/images/13f7e825-e9af-47d2-b4e8-d6881c931c6e #eclipses #astronomy #germany #nomenclature #sun #protestantreformation #comets #woodcut #art #publicdomain

The Four Starts From Rest (1921) by Motion Picture Photographs, from Skating with Bror Meyer. Source: @librarycongress.bsky.social / Internet Archive https://pdimagearchive.org/images/18d0b632-a8f3-4598-8d2a-f339051f6540 #instruction #skating #iceskating #movement #bookillustration #photography

The Head of John the Baptist, on a Pillar (ca. 1890) by Odilon Redon. Source: @rijksmuseum.bsky.social Available to buy as a print. https://pdimagearchive.org/images/493e4ecb-282d-45b8-9209-06a82c3dafaa #halos #abstract #candles #light #bookillustration #lithography #art #publicdomain

Illustration by William Baillie-Grohman, from Sport in Art (1913). Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Internet Archive https://pdimagearchive.org/images/95a2d4b7-ae95-4f68-b4ee-e17743719782 #hunting #animals #mountaineering #exploration #death #games #landscapes #bookillustration #art

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/73a704c3-d56e-4944-b4ec-f7c89e2c4beb #nature #proverbs #birds #tridents #mythology

Actinologia Britannica, Plate III (1860) by Philip Henry Gosse. Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Internet Archive Available to buy as a print. https://pdimagearchive.org/images/e93180ec-3f35-4d66-9acb-9cb176aa35cd #underwater #biodiversity #marine #starfish #lithography #art

Merlin (1893–94) by Aubrey Beardsley, from Le Morte d’Arthur. Source: National Digital Library of Poland, University of Toronto Libraries / Internet Archive Available to buy as a print. https://pdimagearchive.org/images/35c5f4e1-06e9-4d9b-aba9-a1867db64ddb #men #decadentmovement #wizards

From Barnard’s Universal Criminal Cipher Code for Telegraphic Communication between Chiefs of Police, Sheriffs, Marshals and other Peace Officers… Source: University of Alberta Libraries / Internet Archive https://pdimagearchive.org/images/ee6432b8-756a-4f6f-9c90-8e3b031b3bc6 #books #education

Illustration by W. W. Denslow, from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900). Source: @librarycongress.bsky.social https://pdimagearchive.org/images/5dcfe540-46ae-4998-9217-05940f1d8cea #bookillustration #lithography #art #publicdomain

Paradise Lost: Book 1, Line 314 (1827) by John Martin, from Paradise Lost. Source: @britishlibrary.bsky.social https://pdimagearchive.org/images/3606e3dd-15c4-4910-b438-d48c685f3e3a #hell #spheres #satan #bookillustration #mezzotint #art #publicdomain