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Public Domain Image Archive
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Curated collection of 10,000+ public domain images, free for users to explore and reuse, even commercially. A project of @publicdomainrev.bsky.social

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Hallowe'en Greetings
(1928).

Source: Digital Maryland

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/657bb713-e32e-4581-8243-dca7c0175f31

#broomsticks #pumpkins #halloween #goblins #witches #cats #ghosts #postcards #art #publicdomain
halloween-themed postcard
February 12, 2026 at 7:02 PM
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The Black Cat (1901) by Aubrey Beardsley.

Source: @librarycongress.bsky.social

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/34e62439-1a2d-4060-8c5e-b3be46e44e0e

#calm #cats #sitting #art #publicdomain
February 12, 2026 at 5:02 PM
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From Kitāb-i ʻAjāʾib-i makhlūqāt (1921).

Source: Princeton University Library

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/e3f01737-592b-421a-ac2f-4a89539af2b4

#astrology #persia #iran #devils #ghosts #demons #occultism #magic #art #publicdomain
February 12, 2026 at 2:33 PM
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Leonid Meteor Shower over Niagara Falls (1892) by Anonymous.

Source: National Digital Library of Poland

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/7b675a2c-abeb-42ce-b98f-3772e7b47a1b

#waterfalls #meteors #astronomy #water #comets #art #publicdomain
February 12, 2026 at 12:01 PM
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Illustration by Ernst Schneidler, from Deutsche Märchen seit Grimm (1919).

Source: University of Connecticut Libraries / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/7ff72257-873f-42bb-809a-f44118421197

#initials #typography #design #lettering #art #publicdomain
February 11, 2026 at 7:01 PM
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Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands, v1. Tab 74 (1731) by Mark Catesby.

Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Biodiversity Heritage Library

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/cacb60fb-cd08-4f6b-b0aa-ef16e4746964

#beaks #birds #trees #art
February 11, 2026 at 5:02 PM
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Why Will You Die? Brian & Wilkinson (1885) by W. N. Bryant.

Source: SMU Central University Libraries / Flickr: The Commons

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/6a6d5836-9951-49cf-b3ca-b7aeff6bafaa

#questions #advertisements #drugstores #communication #adverts #art #publicdomain
February 11, 2026 at 2:32 PM
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Adolph Metzner, 1861–4.

Source: @librarycongress.bsky.social

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/641ee179-309d-4a4c-b22d-3c32b9da3d06

#pencils #staffs #death #drawing #battles #war #art #publicdomain
February 11, 2026 at 12:01 PM
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Self Portrait, Yawning (ca. 1783) by Joseph Ducreux.

Source: @gettymuseum.bsky.social

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/ba38fab8-99fc-42cf-b5f4-522a3dc408c3

#emotions #gesture #physiognomy #art #publicdomain
joseph ducreux self portrait
February 10, 2026 at 7:03 PM
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The arrival of the Englishmen in Virginia (1590) by Johann Theodor de Bry, from Briefe and True Report.

Source: @harvard.edu

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/3b6b815a-daac-402a-accd-de396e1ba3a5

#native-american #maps #exploration #ships #romans #islands
February 10, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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Creation (ca. 1330), from The Holkham Bible Picture Book.

Source: @britishlibrary.bsky.social

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/249950a7-f3e5-4b03-b990-dcfec48d317e

#halos #animals #manuscripts #nature #christianity #bible #plants #art #publicdomain
Miniature from the Holkham Bible
February 10, 2026 at 2:31 PM
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Portrait of a Man with Lions and Tigers (1870s) by Unknown.

Source: @gettymuseum.bsky.social

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/c4b92112-bda6-459e-9caa-2838880a6e52

#lions #enclosures #cages #wildlife #art #publicdomain
February 10, 2026 at 12:02 PM
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Willow mallow seed (1764–8) by Martin Frobenius Ledermüller, from Mikroskopische Gemüths- und Augen-Ergötzung.

Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Biodiversity Heritage Library

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/166491c7-95b3-43df-b10d-853cdcbc0a79

#micrography #insects #microscopes
Illustration of microscopic image
February 9, 2026 at 7:00 PM
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Notre-Dame de Paris (ca. 1881) by Luc-Olivier Merson.

Source: The Cleveland Museum of Art

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/cb285df3-1dd8-4339-884b-3ace6fb689dd

#fire #notre-dame #birds #cityscape #drawing #architecture #paris #art #publicdomain
notre dame
February 9, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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Children walking with a wheelbarrow (ca. 1890).

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

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/ff228b68-68f7-4966-a0ff-5f98280cc8bb

#victorian #fences #children #kodak #circular #fashion #art #publicdomain
February 9, 2026 at 2:33 PM
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From Analyzing Character, the New Science of Judging Men: Misfits in Business, the Home and Social Life (1917).

Source: California Digital Library / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/76ac1c43-a64e-496d-8a7b-25bd40556fb6

#hands #gesture #pianos #communication #physiognomy #art
February 9, 2026 at 12:01 PM
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Ecorché, Left Arm Detatched (1580) by Philips Galle.

Source: @rijksmuseum.bsky.social

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/c0b38044-68d8-481b-8377-fe7a715ae684

#anatomy #gesture #art #publicdomain
February 8, 2026 at 7:02 PM
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The Deadly Sins Dominated by Death (ca. 1904) by James Ensor, from The Deadly Sins.

Source: Musea Brugge

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/2d8f8872-4ec9-4eeb-b5b2-eb91a2a0c9a2

#wings #sin #death #christianity #drawing #skulls #art #publicdomain
Frontispiece of sins and death by James Ensor
February 8, 2026 at 5:03 PM
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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/c05a46ce-fa61-4057-89a4-6a6b5874f41e

#mathematics #fortifications #diagrams #warfare #military #construction #geometry #architecture
Illustration from 17th-century fortifications treatise
February 8, 2026 at 2:32 PM
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Illustration by George Edwin Marks, from A Treatise on Artificial Limbs (1899).

Source: @librarycongress.bsky.social / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/01679510-c9f2-4d03-86de-e11e07d78182

#socks #apparel #footwear #disability #patterns #prosthetics #limbs #amputation #design
February 8, 2026 at 12:02 PM
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Cats, A Mouse (ca. 1250–60).

Source: @gettymuseum.bsky.social

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/9a6d7346-a6f3-4922-9e5f-6f0f9f3f8493

#animals #cats #manuscripts #mice #art #publicdomain
February 7, 2026 at 7:00 PM
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The Greek (1562) by François Desprez, from Collection of Various Clothing Styles.

Source: @rijksmuseum.bsky.social

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/2024ffba-d371-4731-84d5-66e11958fabc

#greece #travelogues #fashion #art #publicdomain
Woodcut of foreign costume
February 7, 2026 at 5:03 PM
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A hired porter (?) in *Baicao Mountain* (ca. 1900), from One Hundred Portraits of Peking Opera Characters.

Source: @metmuseum.org

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/0d67f48a-500e-4578-a384-07c7ca635dab

#masks #costumes #theatre #china #opera #fashion #art
Portrait on silk of opera character
February 7, 2026 at 2:30 PM
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Dandelion (ca. 1755) by Barbara Regina Dietzsch.

Source: @gettymuseum.bsky.social

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/f86b3c8b-724f-4143-87a5-dcc2104cb903

#stems #dandelions #flora #art #publicdomain
February 7, 2026 at 12:02 PM
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Illustration by W. W. Denslow, from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900).

Source: @librarycongress.bsky.social

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/9aecd3e5-73c9-410f-b0f5-4dbd5a31f38f

#water #art #publicdomain
February 6, 2026 at 7:01 PM