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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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Illustration by Philipp Hainhofer, from Große Stammbuch (1596–1633).

Source: Herzog August Bibliothek

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/baf879cc-03dd-43d9-b636-72f3b5d0fe8a

#societies #scrollwork #nobility #gold #signatures #friendship #heraldry #eagles #art #publicdomain
Philipp Hainhofer’s Große Stammbuch
November 11, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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Prospero, Miranda and Ariel, from "The Tempest" (ca. 1780).

Source: Yale Center for British Art / Wikimedia Commons

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/4a5dbde4-7dd1-41dd-85c1-f4287cd1e0d6

#forests #apparitions #shakespeare #horses #art #publicdomain
November 11, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Illustration by Adolf Schmidt, from Atlas der Diatomaceenkunde (1890).

Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Biodiversity Heritage Library

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/d038c95f-c3ae-41e2-9ee3-9fbfc4e07769

#algae #diatoms #micrography #microscopes #art #publicdomain
Illustration of diatom from Schmidt's *Atlas*
November 11, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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Sea Serpent and Giant Lobster (1555) by Olaus Magnus, from History of the Northern Peoples
.

Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Biodiversity Heritage Library

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/0317c545-4508-45a8-bb08-7e333acdf0b3

#ships #attacks #sea #oceans #art #publicdomain
lobster
November 10, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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La Turquoise, L'agathe (1780) by François-Nicolas Martinet, from Histoire naturelle des dorades de la Chine.

Source: @harvard.edu / Internet Archive

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/40cf05dd-40d2-4750-b458-77d1b6f404ac

#pets #fish #french #carp #natural-history
Illustration of fish
November 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Hallow'een Greeting
(1908).

Source: @nypl.bsky.social

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/3fd2b5f0-25d9-45a8-9fd0-acf3193c3253

#pumpkins #halloween #victorian #postcards #greetings #mirrors #art #publicdomain
halloween-themed postcard
November 10, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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Two different colourings of the same image in The “Little Folks” Painting Book (1879) (1879), from The “Little Folks” Painting Book
.

Source: California Digital Library / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/8930ef42-ad52-46f9-aa3e-dcd7fc5cdac9

#birds #processions #castles
Little Folks Painting Book
November 10, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Stars moving “in the Manner of Saturn's Rings, nay, perhaps Ring within Ring, to a third or fourth Order”. (1750) by Thomas Wright, from An Original Theory or New Hypothesis of the Universe.

Source: @gettymuseum.bsky.social / Internet Archive

Available to buy as a print.

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illustration from An Original Theory or New Hypothesis of the Universe
November 9, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Illustration by Henrique Alvim Corrêa, from La guerre des mondes (1906).

Source: Duke University Libraries

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/0d488f32-3bc1-46d2-9527-074572610a08

#destruction #warfare #cannons #aliens #machines #war #art #publicdomain
henrique alvim correa war of the worlds illustration
November 9, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Guide for Constructing the Letters c and d (ca. 1595) by Joris Hoefnagel.

Source: @gettymuseum.bsky.social

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/a1d26df5-4405-452c-baf0-1f5f42eede4a

#vases #monkeys #manuscripts #foliage #decorations #art #publicdomain
November 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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Alligator named Big Mug (ca. 1907).

Source: University of Southern California Libraries

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/3673c327-2bd3-47ae-bc82-b272b6a23316

#reptiles #attractions #animals #enclosures #california #zoos #alligators #art #publicdomain
Photograph of LA alligator farm
November 9, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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“The June beetle larva”. (1914) by David Fairchild, Marian Fairchild, from Book of Monsters.

Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Biodiversity Heritage Library

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/896ac044-0ca8-40b7-b4d6-b82f3cac28c4

#insects #macrophotography #art #publicdomain
Macrophotograph of insect
November 8, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Mary Cassatt at the Louvre: The Etruscan Gallery (1879-89) by Edgar Degas, from Rückenfiguren.

Source: @metmuseum.org

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/cd608721-2fc3-4b20-b2a2-f94739860943

#reading #backs #landscapes #romanticism #german-romanticism #art
Artwork of Rückenfigur
November 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Left - St. Michael Rescues the Faithful From the Flames of Hell. Right - The Faithful Rescued by Saint Michael in Paradise (Late 17th century), from Walters W.835.28R.

Source: The Walters Art Museum

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/73f11a07-d192-472f-a936-2999dc47235b

#halos #wings #ethiopia
November 8, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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Little mountains raised in 1760 by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, inland and offshore (1776–9) by Peter Fabris, from Campi Phlegraei.

Source: @wellcomecollection.bsky.social

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/934414b0-bceb-43b1-9a5b-c4ff1be3fb2b

#volcanoes #ships #pompeii #nature #geology #sky
Coloured engraving based on Fabris' gouache
November 8, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Example of Fingerprints Taken in India (1893), from Decipherment of Blurred Finger Prints
.

Source: Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/70a93032-5464-45ad-a137-17c9df790258

#fingerprints #eugenics #patterns #circular #racism #art
November 7, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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We Came to a Metal Boat. (1895) by John Augustus Knapp, from Etidorhpa.

Source: Duke University Libraries / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/c8b33c70-7dab-468e-ac7e-9af6956ff6e2

#carrying #drugs #boats #art #publicdomain
Illustration by john augustus knapp
November 7, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Front cover of Hay’s The Doom of the Great City. (1880), from The Doom of the Great City
.

Source: @britishlibrary.bsky.social

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/bd80c2e0-3156-417a-bb4c-8f8485798f91

#apocalypse #london #books #pollution #smog #retrofuturism #art #publicdomain
November 7, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Alexander Graham Bell, 1903–9.

Source: @librarycongress.bsky.social

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/0ff8227c-58e3-4bde-8340-697c089ef9ac

#abstract #flying #triangles #flight #kites #aerodynamics #geometry #art #publicdomain
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November 7, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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Paradise Lost: Book 1, Line 44 (1827) by John Martin, from Paradise Lost.

Source: @britishlibrary.bsky.social

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/61767b38-aa6c-4bc6-8b1f-a1f9b199703f

#hell #spheres #satan #art #publicdomain
John Martin Illustrations of Paradise Lost
November 6, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Illustration by Ernst Chladni, from Entdeckungen über die Theorie des Klange (1787).

Source: Max Planck Institute

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/3cf72ca3-46c3-41de-8c39-c3c3025596bc

#abstract #acoustics #music #waves #vibration #patterns #sound #design #circular #geometry #cymatics #art
November 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Sloane MS 1975 (BL), ca. 1175–1200, f. 49r. (ca. 1175-1200), from BL Sloane MS 1975.

Source: @britishlibrary.bsky.social

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/cbf35082-035e-4c53-8ddb-4f984ea0fe7c

#ropes #dogs #herbals #mandrakes #folklore #magic #plants #art #publicdomain
November 6, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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From Tradition und Naturbeobachtung in den Illustrationen Medizinischer Handschriften und Frühdrucke vornehmlich des 15. Jahrhunderts (1907).

Source: University of Toronto Libraries / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/f761f2ef-6ca1-4c05-a004-b3cf2c3ae673

#astrology #anatomy
November 6, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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“The jumping spider”. (1914) by David Fairchild, Marian Fairchild, from Book of Monsters.

Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Biodiversity Heritage Library

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/5578a992-0b59-4b76-8250-dd04f94caa93

#insects #spiders #macrophotography #art #publicdomain
Macrophotograph of insect
November 5, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Damaged living room with mannequins. One inspector observing area (1953) by National Nuclear Security Administration.

Source: Department of Energy Digital Archive / Wikimedia Commons

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/4978531d-428f-4810-8589-5b30bfbdd9a4

#sofas #sitting #mannequins #windows #rooms
November 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM