Illustration by Edouard Joseph d’Alton, from Die vergleichende Osteologie (1821–38). Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Biodiversity Heritage Library https://pdimagearchive.org/images/d658a1d8-0149-4bd0-8c13-29107f152eff #anatomy #animals #zoology #bones #ostriches #birds #skeletons

Piece of sponge (1764–8) by Martin Frobenius Ledermüller, from Mikroskopische Gemüths- und Augen-Ergötzung. Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Biodiversity Heritage Library https://pdimagearchive.org/images/02d31ba1-1653-4915-a7d9-f84021d91e4b #micrography #insects #microscopes

The voyagers examined the web of cloth (1921) by Virginia Frances Sterrett, from Tanglewood Tales. Source: @nypl.bsky.social / Internet Archive https://pdimagearchive.org/images/20db3331-b796-4a1a-8121-8784920a8859 #pillars #mythology #art #publicdomain

Design No. 65 (1890), from Descriptive illustrated catalogue of the sixty-eight competitive designs for the great tower for London compiled and edited by Fred. C. Lynde for the Tower Company. Source: @gettymuseum.bsky.social / Internet Archive https://pdimagearchive.org/images/0890d587-61a7-4e9f-a

From Erbario: Penn MS LJS 419 (15th century). Source: Penn Libraries https://pdimagearchive.org/images/9b77752c-45fe-4b69-ba6d-44a02f324c2c #herbals #flora #leaves #plants #art #publicdomain

Wrestlers (Late 19th century) by Kusakabe Kimbei. Source: @gettymuseum.bsky.social Available to buy as a print. https://pdimagearchive.org/images/872aae74-8e49-463d-805e-d12989c2c416 #asia #japan #wrestling #sumo #art #publicdomain

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/dc3defd3-e3ac-47e0-93dc-d9e29736ce34 #mathematics #fortifications #diagrams #warfare #military #construction #geometry #architecture

Illustration by Anton Seder, from Das Thier in der Dekorativen Kunst (1896). Source: @gettymuseum.bsky.social / Internet Archive Available to buy as a print. https://pdimagearchive.org/images/727b2b83-b1f1-4d50-aafc-620fa1db6928 #lobsters #art-nouveau #beasts #sea-life #modernism #ornament

Game of Goose (ca. 1900) by José Guadalupe Posada. Source: @librarycongress.bsky.social Available to buy as a print. https://pdimagearchive.org/images/8df1ad55-c8e0-433c-ba0b-1b94cd7f1623 #animals #numbers #circular #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/ad18b93a-6857-4b6a-94f6-e54d8b02e431 #anatomy #animals #zoology #bones #rabbits #hares #skeletons

Illustration from the first volume of Robert Fludd's <i>Utriusque Cosmi <span class="special__no-break">. . .</span> Historia</i>, 1617. (1617) by Robert Fludd, from Utriusque Cosmi <span class="special__no-break">. . .</span> Historia . Source: @gettymuseum.bsky.social / Internet Archive Availabl

Measuring the Tiger (1902), from How I killed the tiger being an account of my encounter with a royal Bengal tiger, with an appendix containing some general information about India. Source: University of Toronto Libraries / Internet Archive https://pdimagearchive.org/images/5f79b9c1-c53c-429e-93

Illustration by Jean Errard, from Fortification réduicte art and démonstrée (1600). Source: Deutsche Fotothek / Wikimedia Commons https://pdimagearchive.org/images/20b17007-bd44-4049-afda-31dbda396449 #fortifications #warfare #geometry #architecture #art #publicdomain

Villa Chigi (1904) by Maxwell Armfield, from Italian Villas and their Gardens. Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Biodiversity Heritage Library https://pdimagearchive.org/images/27094324-7b18-46d5-b75b-19dd297e1c8a #grottoes #fountains #gardens #trees #landscapes #italy #architecture

Antenna of Cockchafer (1909) by Arthur E Smith, from Nature Through Microscope and Camera. Source: California Digital Library / Internet Archive https://pdimagearchive.org/images/bfd64762-1c81-404d-a62a-a9a7e1c25a3c #micrography #microscopes #entomology #magnification #photo-micrography

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

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

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

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 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

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

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, 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

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

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

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

“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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“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

*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 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 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

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

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

The Descent Began at 1:25 (1870) by Émile-Antoine Bayard, from De la terre à la lune. Source: Joseph Sablé Centre / Internet Archive https://pdimagearchive.org/images/fbd04285-ec18-4036-8550-f1ad5bccd744 #underwater #moon #marine #fish #wildlife #art #publicdomain

“The large syrphid fly”. (1914) by David Fairchild, Marian Fairchild, from Book of Monsters. Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Biodiversity Heritage Library https://pdimagearchive.org/images/cafcc558-19ef-4f4d-b91f-25c233845cad #insects #macrophotography #flies #art #publicdomain

In Darkest England and the Way Out (1890) by William Booth, from The Review of Reviews. Source: @cornelluniversity.bsky.social‬ https://pdimagearchive.org/images/973fe947-c72e-480f-a527-6adc16277aea #poverty #scenes #religion #progress #imperialism #christianity #colonialism #africa #art

Illustration by Raffaele Mainella, from Nos Invisibles (1907). Source: Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève Livres / Internet Archive Available to buy as a print. https://pdimagearchive.org/images/01b40c71-60ad-425f-bbbf-fce5145525ed #spiritualism #spirituality #life-after-death #mediumship #scrolls

Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands, v2. Tab 45 (1743) by Mark Catesby. Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Biodiversity Heritage Library Available to buy as a print. https://pdimagearchive.org/images/a807f172-89d5-44e7-8308-add24752e286 #fauna #nature #snakes