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 Website: https://pdimagearchive.org/
“Life-animules, fragments of Od in movement.” (1913) by Hippolyte Baraduc, from The Human Soul. Source: @bpl.boston.gov / Internet Archive https://pdimagearchive.org/images/1809cb9f-3b12-4eac-8460-66f361d19991 #abstract #electricity #spirituality #soul #spirits #occultism #electromagnetism
From Der Naturen Bloeme (ca. 1350). Source: National Library of the Netherlands https://pdimagearchive.org/images/9a67b01b-05c1-458f-8e62-7d22183e6d1b #animals #fish #bestiary #art #publicdomain
The Astrologer (1523–5) by Hans Holbein, from Der Totentanz. Source: @rijksmuseum.bsky.social https://pdimagearchive.org/images/408c1d91-25a7-40bc-80e3-4796a9fb9aca #desks #woodcuts #books #death #skeletons #scholars #art #publicdomain
Sheep—Wholesome to the Eye and Wholesome to the Stomach (1896), from Plain Home Talk. Source: @librarycongress.bsky.social / Internet Archive Available to buy as a print. https://pdimagearchive.org/images/45d9081f-251c-431c-a4b9-83762d3efd43 #electricity #shepherds #social-reform #health #sheep
From Dr. G. Zander’s Medico-Mechanische Gymastik (1892). Source: Tekniska Museet / Flickr: The Commons https://pdimagearchive.org/images/201779e8-a51f-4bdb-bac4-88d04c23f8c0 #muscles #exercise #stools #fitness #equipment #boys #art #publicdomain
Ms. Emmie Fountain seated on the ledges at Ogier Point, Camden in 1900. (1900) by Theresa Babb. Source: Camden Public Library / Flickr: The Commons https://pdimagearchive.org/images/1fc32d44-f67c-4823-9aeb-cd34bc51cbdf #sitting #maine #oceans #friendship #seascapes #hats #art #publicdomain
Facsimile of the Codex Borgia, ca. 16th century (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/28cfc67c-3b46-4115-9941-5e6954f5988d #mayans #circles #mexico
Triptych by Yoshitoshi (1839–1892), 1882. Possibly from the series of Ukiyo-e prints *Shinsen azuma nishiki-e* (New selections of Eastern brocade pictures) (1882) by Yoshitoshi, from Shinsen azuma nishiki-e . Source: National Diet Library of Japan https://pdimagearchive.org/images/50b3d775-8394-4e
Illustration by Everard Digby, from De Arte Natandi (1587). Source: @wellcomecollection.bsky.social Available to buy as a print. https://pdimagearchive.org/images/a9287849-ffc5-4c88-aeb1-6ec23e6477f7 #swimming #water #rivers #trees #play #sport #art #publicdomain
Forget-me-not (Myosotis sylvatica) (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/7167bb62-f509-4e39-93ae-f2897312eded #insects #spring #botanical-art #butterflies
Alligator purse above incubator (ca. 1907). Source: University of Southern California Libraries https://pdimagearchive.org/images/c461cea6-2e14-47e9-ba60-a7633b02d464 #reptiles #attractions #animals #bags #enclosures #california #zoos #alligators #furniture #babies #art #publicdomain
The Light is Sweet (1687) by Jan Luyken. Source: @rijksmuseum.bsky.social Available to buy as a print. https://pdimagearchive.org/images/164aaa66-4d94-4377-9af9-9c17a8f9f981 #halos #landscapes #radiance #art #publicdomain
Suspended gongs (1722) by Filippo Buonanni, from Gabinetto Armonico pieno d’istromenti sonori. Source: Library of the University of Seville / Flickr: The Commons https://pdimagearchive.org/images/daa24e53-7429-4056-9420-f44a7548c164 #musicians #ovals #music #sitting #wunderkammer #art
Illustration by M. F. Lewis, from Fungi Collected in Shropshire and Other Neighbourhoods (1860–1902). Source: @cornelluniversity.bsky.social / Biodiversity Heritage Library https://pdimagearchive.org/images/57b29991-6f61-427e-8a87-fec27180c0a0 #nature #botanical #mushrooms #art #publicdomain
Illustration by Ogawa Kazumasa, from Some Japanese Flowers (1896). Source: @gettymuseum.bsky.social https://pdimagearchive.org/images/824ccd1a-cd58-47fc-b94d-47ef864d2581 #collotypes #blooms #japan #botanical #chrysanthemums #flora #petals #flowers #art #publicdomain
Chapter XXII. The Country of the Quadlings (1900) by W. W. Denslow, from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Source: @librarycongress.bsky.social https://pdimagearchive.org/images/66c76c7f-b6ea-4969-bbcd-32280a810d26 #art #publicdomain
Essay Towards a Natural History of Serpents, Plate II (1742) by Charles Owen. Source: Ernst Mayer Library / Internet Archive Available to buy as a print. https://pdimagearchive.org/images/55de4dd0-8734-40a5-a62f-12363f2aee9e #serpentine #wings #hydras #creatures #dragons #art #publicdomain
From Shin-Bijutsukai (1902). Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Internet Archive https://pdimagearchive.org/images/94dae73e-4581-4043-a118-21f1375ccf9e #abstract #rooftops #japan #patterns #shin-bijutsukai #design #houses #art #publicdomain
From Die Heilgymnastik in der Gynaekologie (1895). Source: Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine / Medical Heritage LibraryInternet Archive https://pdimagearchive.org/images/c68987a3-08fb-40a4-ae61-dddc1c4f566c #gynecology #exercise #skeletons #aliens #signatures #medicine #art #publicdomain
“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
The Dragon King Sends the Jellyfish on His Mission to Fetch a Monkey (1911), from The Silly Jelly-Fish . Source: @metmuseum.org https://pdimagearchive.org/images/5659f640-3d7e-426f-b524-497278dfa29c #japonisme #beaches #rocks #art #publicdomain
Illustration by Gregorius Bock, from Beinecke MS 439 (ca. 1510). Source: @yale.edu Available to buy as a print. https://pdimagearchive.org/images/2e8329d8-99c8-4f95-bd5d-cec5769bea95 #type #alphabets #decorative #letters #calligraphy #typography #design #writing #lettering #art #publicdomain
Sodium chloride, magnified 60 times (1887–88) by Marinus Pieter Filbri. Source: @rijksmuseum.bsky.social Available to buy as a print. https://pdimagearchive.org/images/8803d5f9-5e3a-45f2-bc93-eddc18c2813c #micrography #micrographia #photo-micrography #crystals #art #publicdomain
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
Illustration by M. F. Lewis, from Fungi Collected in Shropshire and Other Neighbourhoods (1860–1902). Source: @cornelluniversity.bsky.social / Biodiversity Heritage Library https://pdimagearchive.org/images/e821d750-6e8b-426e-953f-aadac728f829 #nature #botanical #mushrooms #art #publicdomain
Gemini (1482), from Clarissimi uiri Hyginii Poeticon astronomicon opus utilissimum. Source: United States Naval Observatory https://pdimagearchive.org/images/d68c0552-89ba-4986-8896-7bd25ddf55f7 #maps #astrology #hyginus #astronomy #manuscripts #angels #art #publicdomain
