The Senator (1523–5) by Hans Holbein, from Der Totentanz. Source: @rijksmuseum.bsky.social https://pdimagearchive.org/images/a969201c-0bf0-48a7-8a89-0b29055f6767 #woodcuts #death #crowns #architecture #skulls #art #publicdomain

Sami from Buholmen, Skjomen (ca. 1881) by Charles Rabot. Source: Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate https://pdimagearchive.org/images/522b7151-8283-4ac5-a076-428977871335 #arctic #norway #mountains #portraits #headscarves #art #publicdomain

Sami farm, Øksfjord (ca. 1881) by Charles Rabot. Source: Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate https://pdimagearchive.org/images/e2811abd-750e-4b34-b19f-83e15c416f90 #arctic #norway #uniforms #art #publicdomain

From Unai no tomo (1913). Source: @metmuseum.org https://pdimagearchive.org/images/abaa60b4-d972-41c8-9e61-845740fb33eb #childhood #toys #japan #children #design #play #art #publicdomain

Xavier de Maistre in an armchair, displaying his “book of discoveries”. (1860) by Veyssier, from A Journey Round my Room. Source: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign / Internet Archive https://pdimagearchive.org/images/47bdf7ba-9603-4419-b0b7-1b03074c7bcc #sex #toast #decorative #cups

Illustration by Giambattista della Porta, from De humana physiognomonia (1586). Source: US National Library of Medicine https://pdimagearchive.org/images/ea8f2c60-9071-4e07-9471-d3e899267f9f #beaks #noses #birds #faces #physiognomy #art #publicdomain

Illustration by Kumataro Ito, from Notes and Description of Specimens Collected on the Philippine Expedition of the Steamer Albatross (ca. 1908). Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Biodiversity Heritage Library https://pdimagearchive.org/images/322608cb-630e-48c1-85d0-a7cdd6b5a92c #aquatic

“The living breath is also in the Spheres.” (1882) by Odilon Redon, from À Edgar Poe. Source: Los Angeles County Museum of Art Available to buy as a print. https://pdimagearchive.org/images/ae1f70f1-7d15-4685-a040-6b815c6224ce #symbolism #gothic #spheres #eyes #art #publicdomain

Exhibition of the Laughing Gas (ca. 1840). Source: @wellcomecollection.bsky.social https://pdimagearchive.org/images/6d954444-75e6-4201-b61b-6d124f59eddc #music #coleridge #dancing #drums #drugs #art #publicdomain

Tengu Messengers Colliding in Midair (1882) by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi , from Sketches by Yoshitoshi. Source: Los Angeles County Museum of Art https://pdimagearchive.org/images/d135bb28-a341-4135-8033-cfe06d2408c7 #mountains #ukiyo-e #art #publicdomain

“A caterpillar devoured by a fungus”. (1914) by David Fairchild, Marian Fairchild, from Book of Monsters. Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Biodiversity Heritage Library https://pdimagearchive.org/images/51c744a5-1f5a-4c47-9b89-2794b6ff2c7c #insects #macrophotography #caterpillars #art

I Stood Alone In My Room Holding The Mysterious Manuscript. (1895) by John Augustus Knapp, from Etidorhpa. Source: Duke University Libraries / Internet Archive https://pdimagearchive.org/images/03b620a8-8a4f-4fe9-b93b-d16ec4df004f #fireplaces #ghosts #drugs #transparency #art #publicdomain

Boar digging a grave (13th century), from Walters Ms. W.102, Book of hours. Source: The Walters Art Museum https://pdimagearchive.org/images/a365c099-d72d-4504-b163-fa384a0a1cab #animals #scythes #manuscripts #renard #medieval #funerals #bears #processions #carrying #folklore #reynard #art

Photo from Apollo 11 mission (1969) by NASA. Source: NASA / Flickr: The Commons https://pdimagearchive.org/images/123c6b61-22b1-4c23-89ac-5d93e2ac3ca3 #moon #lunar #astronauts #footprints #evidence #art #publicdomain

Illustration by Kumataro Ito, from Notes and Description of Specimens Collected on the Philippine Expedition of the Steamer Albatross (ca. 1908). Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Biodiversity Heritage Library https://pdimagearchive.org/images/361cf088-c753-4fb9-8aa3-b5c7cb56e885 #aquatic

From Barnard’s Universal Criminal Cipher Code for Telegraphic Communication between Chiefs of Police, Sheriffs, Marshals and other Peace Officers of the United States and Canada, compiled by Floyd Shock (1895). Source: University of Alberta Libraries / Internet Archive https://pdimagearchive.org/i

“From This Famous Hippodrome on the Racetrack, Not Even a Single Journalist is Missing. Death is Inexorable and Doesn't Even Respect Those That You See Here on Bicycle” (1898) by José Guadalupe Posada. Source: @librarycongress.bsky.social Available to buy as a print. https://pdimagearchive.org/im

From Sammlung geometrischer und perspectivischer, in Farben ausgeführter Zeichnungen, 36 Blätter umfassend (Cod. Guelf. 74.1 Aug. 2°; Heinemann-Nr. 2708) (16th century). Source: Herzog August Bibliothek https://pdimagearchive.org/images/e8becc76-9b6d-4310-b470-6b13c147b7af #perspective #nature

Dr. Charles Doolittle Walcot (of Smithsonian) and Mrs. Walcot at a Camp in Lake Louise (1909) by Tempest Anderson. Source: York Museums Trust / Wikimedia Commons https://pdimagearchive.org/images/66ee80fa-c71e-412a-8011-ef4605f6f7ab #volcanoes #exploration #forests #mountains #campsites

*Phascolarctos cinereus*, Koalas (1863) by John Gould, from The Mammals of Australia. Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Biodiversity Heritage LibraryFlickr: The Commons https://pdimagearchive.org/images/bb4c9e58-ef77-401f-885a-e919326dc296 #animals #koalas #australia #art #publicdomain

A National Park (1890) by Albert Robida, from La vie électrique. Source: @gettymuseum.bsky.social / Internet Archive https://pdimagearchive.org/images/52f33bd5-7c6c-4499-93ff-99eef8052f10 #rural #future #bystanders #parks #retrofuturism #art #publicdomain

Title page to a set of etchings for *Paradise Lost* published in 1896 by the Scottish printmaker and painter William Strang. Here Strang has depicted Milton — said to be a ”master of music” — playing the bass-viol, while his daughters sing from a song-sheet. (1896) by William Strang, from Paradise L

Illustration by Samuel G. Szabó, from Rogues, A Study of Characters (1857). Source: @metmuseum.org https://pdimagearchive.org/images/40b10db3-a6ac-4444-9737-969931376951 #portraiture #character #portraits #mugshots #criminals #identification #faces #crime #art #publicdomain

People gathered before a stage, Juneteenth celebrations in Corpus Christi, Texas (1913) by George McCuistion. Source: SMU Central University Libraries https://pdimagearchive.org/images/5ceb838c-ede7-446d-99b3-3477b8e3ea73 #texas #houston #emancipation #wagons #juneteenth #austin #slavery #tents

Illustration by Pierre d'Hancarville, from Veneres uti observantur in gemmis antiquis (ca. 1771). Source: @gettymuseum.bsky.social / Internet Archive https://pdimagearchive.org/images/12ad48c9-b19c-440f-90f3-c7bbd602f468 #sex #pornography #sexology #cameos #antiquity #goats #art #publicdomain

Sulphuret of Lead, or Galaena (*Plumbum sulphureum*) (1802–17) by James Sowerby, from British Mineralogy. Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Biodiversity Heritage Library https://pdimagearchive.org/images/1116553e-14d2-4dee-b543-7f7496f407ad #minerals #geology #rocks #mineralogy #art

New year's resolution to do more exercise? A business man? Then this 1917 book, Physical Training for Business Men, may be the perfect January read. (And for everyone else, you can just look at the spellbinding photos). More here: https://buff.ly/3pJoD46

Painting vases. (slide cracked) (1908–1918) by Herbert Geddes. Source: University of Victoria Libraries / Flickr: The Commons https://pdimagearchive.org/images/9707593f-bfdd-44f4-8d64-c066219e4b08 #painting #japan #monks #craft #ceramics #art #publicdomain

Illustration by Agostino Ramelli, from Le diverse et artificiose machine (1588). Source: @librarycongress.bsky.social https://pdimagearchive.org/images/236e4832-f5b4-4a41-a571-ecab5a9db8f6 #fountains #technology #cogs #machinery #waterwheels #engineering #machines #hydraulics #art #publicdomain

Barn Owl (ca. 1570) by Anonymous. Source: @rijksmuseum.bsky.social Available to buy as a print. https://pdimagearchive.org/images/a0e04ed7-2cea-4323-959d-b4b3d456e0f6 #birds #wildlife #owls #art #publicdomain

View of a landscape in Gunung Sewu (1854) by Franz Wilhelm Junghuhn, from Java-Album. Source: @rijksmuseum.bsky.social Available to buy as a print. https://pdimagearchive.org/images/ce341ca0-2434-470e-966e-ac81fe036868 #exploration #mountains #clouds #paths #indonesia #trees #dutch #foliage

Happy Public Domain Day! At the start of each year, a new set of works is freed from copyright — ready to be shared, reused, and reimagined. See our highlights — Hannah Arendt, Albert Einstein, Langston Hughes, William Faulkner, and many more. #publicdomain

“Le Pape-Guay” (1657) by Claudine Bouzonnet-Stella, Jacques Stella, from Les Jeux et Plaisirs de l'Enfance. Source: Bibliothèque municipale de Lyon / Wikimedia Commons https://pdimagearchive.org/images/e8d85409-22fa-421b-8ad1-cfaa8d0dd33b #childhood #archery #mountains #trees #games #pastimes

Illustration by Pierre d'Hancarville, from Veneres uti observantur in gemmis antiquis (ca. 1771). Source: @gettymuseum.bsky.social / Internet Archive https://pdimagearchive.org/images/f5bda17a-5f7c-4303-9d2f-e8c7ece6af9f #sex #pornography #sexology #cameos #antiquity #art #publicdomain

Illustration by Mori Yūzan, from Hamonshu (1903). Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Internet Archive https://pdimagearchive.org/images/c462845a-2d3d-47bb-81cd-37ce8dbced9e #ripples #water #waves #japan #patterns #sea #oceans #design #art #publicdomain

The “pericentral spectrum” of Mr. Beck (1904), from Subjective Sensations of Sight and Sound. Source: Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine / Internet Archive https://pdimagearchive.org/images/366f61c1-e348-479c-b491-8f53c23cf373 #abstract #visions #headaches #migraines #auras #sequential

The Colossal Elephant of Coney Island (1885), from Scientific American . Source: @nypl.bsky.social https://pdimagearchive.org/images/cc3ee3de-0ad9-4201-b67f-aa22f40c73c3 #elephants #jumbo #technology #schematics #buildings #machines #design #architecture #art #publicdomain

Illustration by Anton Schöner, from Illustriertes Prachtwerk sämtlicher Taubenrassen (1906). Source: American Museum of Natural History Library / Biodiversity Heritage Library https://pdimagearchive.org/images/16fe6231-86c6-47a4-9a36-593370b2825e #breeding #birds #pigeons #evolution #art

M. Ward Estate (ca. 1936) by Virginia Richards, from Blackwell’s Survey. Source: US National Gallery of Art https://pdimagearchive.org/images/63a5d1bb-1e99-4a5d-98bc-a4ba9136b324 #gardens #buildings #trees #manhattan #design #architecture #art #publicdomain

Plate 99, Trochilidae (1904) by Ernst Haeckel, from Kunstformen der Natur. Source: @librarycongress.bsky.social Available to buy as a print. https://pdimagearchive.org/images/2e36a25b-3cf9-4329-9791-c4204aad018c #fauna #hummingbirds #nature #birds #flora #wildlife #art #publicdomain

Sundal, Mauranger. (ca. 1898-1901). Source: Fylkesarkivet i Sogn og Fjordane / Flickr: The Commons https://pdimagearchive.org/images/2309b849-9eaa-4929-8609-b381c43c26cf #scandinavia #norway #cloudy #fjords #water #mountains #villages #landscapes #houses #art #publicdomain

Illustration by Wm. H. Page & Co., from Specimens of Chromatic Wood Type, Borders, Etc. (1874). Source: @columbiauniversity.bsky.social‬ / Internet Archive https://pdimagearchive.org/images/9cd09651-280c-4217-920e-179907064497 #typography #design #lettering #art #publicdomain

“Solar System” Quilt (1876–ca. 1883) by Ellen Harding Baker. Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives https://pdimagearchive.org/images/fa3bf009-8700-48b1-8867-bc6c0a8151c0 #embroidery #planets #orbits #astronomy #quilts #cosmos #education #sun #stars #comets #art #publicdomain

Illustration by Friedrich Lehmann, Ludwig Heinrich Bojanus, from Anatome Testudinis Europaeae (1821). Source: @harvard.edu / Biodiversity Heritage Library https://pdimagearchive.org/images/ead44139-cb99-4eb5-a27b-17dd6f5ec807 #anatomy #zoology #turtles #biology #bojanus #art #publicdomain

Illustration by Pierre d'Hancarville, from Veneres uti observantur in gemmis antiquis (ca. 1771). Source: @gettymuseum.bsky.social / Internet Archive https://pdimagearchive.org/images/a1be7209-3587-47bc-ac5d-143d581c8059 #sex #pornography #sexology #cameos #antiquity #art #publicdomain

“Black children play outside the Ida B. Wells homes, one of Chicago’s oldest housing...” (1973–4) by John H. White, from Documerica. Source: @usnatarchives.bsky.social https://pdimagearchive.org/images/58e8fc6d-356b-4fa8-9e5f-017e40c12bd2 #chicago #documerica #children #documentary #play #art

The Baths of Apollo at Versailles (1870). Source: @rijksmuseum.bsky.social https://pdimagearchive.org/images/8e283ccd-ed17-40a3-94ac-a7100b4767f7 #grottoes #fountains #gardens #grotesques #nature #artifice #caves #stereoscopes #foliage #design #sculpture #art #publicdomain

Part of the Funeral Procession (1821) by Mary Browne, from The Diary of a Girl in France in 1821. Source: California Digital Library / Internet Archive https://pdimagearchive.org/images/43e32067-0f8a-415a-81fb-bd9d7d6bb8da #diaries #france #french #mourning #processions #rituals #art

Medusae of the World: Plate 27, Volume 1 (1910) by A. G. Mayer, from Medusae of the World. Source: MBLWHOI Library / Biodiversity Heritage Library https://pdimagearchive.org/images/807ef1f5-a5dc-4a4c-a205-c8f7883edac1 #anatomy #zoology #jellyfish #marine #medusae #art #publicdomain

Will Dixon, “Malinda; Come Down to Me” (1905). Source: Duke University Libraries https://pdimagearchive.org/images/77d5b0e5-3f83-4a4e-b491-65ea7ff74ecd #moon #night #african-american #music #blackface #romance #design #banjos #art #publicdomain