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Public Domain Image Archive @pdimagearchive.bsky.social · 15h

Illustration by George Maw, from “On the Disposition of Iron in Variegated Strata”, The Quarterly… Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Biodiversity Heritage Library Available to buy as a print. pdimagearchive.org/images/64d32758-… #abstract #iron

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Public Domain Image Archive @pdimagearchive.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Illustration by Charles Mavelot, from Nouveau livre de differens cartouches, couronnes, casques, supports et tenans (1695). Source: @gettymuseum.bsky.social / Internet Archive pdimagearchive.org/images/1fa5b85e-… #mitres #centaurs #mythology #heraldry #design

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Public Domain Image Archive @pdimagearchive.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Propagation and Reflection of Liquid Waves (1878), from The Principles of Light and Color. Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives Available to buy as a print. pdimagearchive.org/images/4b62923d-… #ether #waves #color #psychicphenomena #colortheory

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Public Domain Image Archive @pdimagearchive.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Northern Lights (ca. 1908), from Meyers grosses Konversations-Lexikon, vol. 22. Source: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign / Internet Archive pdimagearchive.org/images/3c1717fa-… #aurora #expeditions #bookillustration #art #publicdomain

illustration of aurora borealis northern lights

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Public Domain Image Archive @pdimagearchive.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Grace G. and Grace Parker at Lake City, Sept. 1900 (1900) by Theresa Babb. Source: Camden Public Library / Flickr: The Commons pdimagearchive.org/images/0ee63425-… #water #hills #trees #maine #friendship #boats #photography #art #publicdomain

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Public Domain Image Archive @pdimagearchive.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Borage (Borago officinalis) (ca. 1510–1515) by Master of Claude de France, from Book of Flower Studies. Source: @metmuseum.org Available to buy as a print. pdimagearchive.org/images/3fb905fa-… #insects #spring #botanicalart #beetles #illuminatedmanuscripts

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Public Domain Image Archive @pdimagearchive.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Color Analysis From a Mummy Cover (1902) by Emily Noyes Vanderpoel, from Color Problems: A Practical Manual for the Lay Student of Color. Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Internet Archive pdimagearchive.org/images/7ec7a592-… #charts #color #squares

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Public Domain Image Archive @pdimagearchive.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Illustration by Owen Jones, from Examples of Chinese Ornament (1867). Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Internet Archive Available to buy as a print. pdimagearchive.org/images/4e4600ed-… #decorative #botanical #patterns #floral #foliage #decorations

Illustration from a book showing chinese design

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Public Domain Image Archive @pdimagearchive.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Tsuba made of iron. Relief carved silver and gold inlay depicting sennin standing under a tree indicating the moon. (1916) by Georg Oeder, from Japanische… Source: @bpl.boston.gov‬ / Internet Archive pdimagearchive.org/images/bb4c2852-… #japan #samurai #swords

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Public Domain Image Archive @pdimagearchive.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Illustration by Jean Errard, from Fortification réduicte art and démonstrée (1600). Source: Deutsche Fotothek / Wikimedia Commons pdimagearchive.org/images/8a111111-… #fortifications #warfare #geometry #architecture #engraving #art #publicdomain

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Public Domain Image Archive @pdimagearchive.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Drop III (1851) by Agnes Catlow, A. Achilles, from Drops of Water: Their Marvellous and Beautiful Inhabitants Displayed by the Microscope. Source: University of Toronto Libraries / Internet Archive pdimagearchive.org/images/74a825c1-… #micrography #microscopes

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Public Domain Image Archive @pdimagearchive.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Kite scene (ca. 1797–1858) by Ando Hiroshige. Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives Available to buy as a print. pdimagearchive.org/images/e904890c-… #water #mountains #japan #horizon #flight #skylines #kites #harbors #games #landscapes #play #printmaking

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Public Domain Image Archive @pdimagearchive.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The Ash Yggdrasil (1886) by Lørenz Frolich, from Asgard and the Gods. Source: California Digital Library / Internet Archive pdimagearchive.org/images/d71b4451-… #ash #yggdrasil #trees #mythology #serpents #bookillustration #art #publicdomain

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Public Domain Image Archive @pdimagearchive.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The hearts and arteries that carry the good vital fluid (1896), from Plain Home Talk. Source: @librarycongress.bsky.social / Internet Archive Available to buy as a print. pdimagearchive.org/images/e15fb3bf-… #anatomy #humanbody #electricity

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Public Domain Image Archive @pdimagearchive.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Illustration by In-go-nom-pa-shi [Lewis Francis Hadley], from Indian Sign Talk (1893). Source: @librarycongress.bsky.social / Internet Archive Available to buy as a print. pdimagearchive.org/images/b9e168e7-… #diagrams #hands #education #communication #bible

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Public Domain Image Archive @pdimagearchive.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Facsimile of the Dresden Codex, ca. 1200–1250 (1831–48) by Agostino Aglio, from Antiquities of Mexico. Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Internet Archive Available to buy as a print. pdimagearchive.org/images/759ff4af-… #mayans #mexico #aztec

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Public Domain Image Archive @pdimagearchive.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A Series of Embryos at Three Comparable and Progressive Stages of Development (1892) by George Romanes, from Darwin and After Darwin. Source: California Digital Library / Internet Archive pdimagearchive.org/images/03916e73-… #creationism #biology #copying

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Public Domain Image Archive @pdimagearchive.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

From High Frequency Electric Currents in Medicine and Dentistry (1910). Source: Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine / Internet Archive pdimagearchive.org/images/18ae8455-… #electricity #electrotherapy #electrotherapeutics #medicine #photography #art

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Public Domain Image Archive @pdimagearchive.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Soap bubble (1882) by M. Rapine, Alexandre-Blaise Desgoffe, from Le monde physique. Source: @wellcomecollection.bsky.social Available to buy as a print. pdimagearchive.org/images/6908ed9e-… #bubbles #soap #spectrum #prisms #optics #color #light #physics

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Public Domain Image Archive @pdimagearchive.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

From Illustrated Catalogue of Period Ornaments Cast in Composition and Wood Fibre for Woodwork-Furniture (ca. 1919). Source: George A. Smathers Libraries / Internet Archive pdimagearchive.org/images/4fd7f603-… #columns #classical #woodwork #patterns #floral

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Public Domain Image Archive @pdimagearchive.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Fig. 3 shows how the strips can be converted into all kinds of artistic effects. (1910), from “The Art of Ornamental Orange Peeling”, American… Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Internet Archive pdimagearchive.org/images/a575a62d-… #oranges #dining

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Public Domain Image Archive @pdimagearchive.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Illustration by Anne Allen, Jean-Baptiste Pillement, from Nouvelle suite de cahiers arabesques chinois a l'usage des dessinateurs et… Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives Available to buy as a print. pdimagearchive.org/images/a9f2f6f8-… #rococo #gardens

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Public Domain Image Archive @pdimagearchive.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Comparative Embryological Plates (1910) by Ernst Haeckel, from Anthropogenie. Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Internet Archive pdimagearchive.org/images/18ea246c-… #anatomy #animals #embryos #creationism #copying #science #evolution #embryology

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Public Domain Image Archive @pdimagearchive.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Male Golden Plover Covering Chick (1909) by Richard Kearton, from Wild Nature's Ways. Source: California Digital Library / Internet Archive pdimagearchive.org/images/0b66aba9-… #chicks #camouflage #nature #birds #wildlife #bookillustration #photography #art

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Public Domain Image Archive @pdimagearchive.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Illustration by Jean Errard, from Fortification réduicte art and démonstrée (1600). Source: Deutsche Fotothek / Wikimedia Commons pdimagearchive.org/images/efe13f3a-… #fortifications #warfare #geometry #architecture #engraving #art #publicdomain

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Public Domain Image Archive @pdimagearchive.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Satire on False Perspective (1754) by William Hogarth, Luke Sullivan, from Method of Perspective. Source: @metmuseum.org Available to buy as a print. pdimagearchive.org/images/83fe0e12-… #satire #dogs #flags #fishing #perspective #canoes #nature #rural #candles

William Hogarth's Satire on False Perspective

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Public Domain Image Archive @pdimagearchive.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

From A Careful Selection of Whisk Ferns (1837). Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Biodiversity Heritage Library pdimagearchive.org/images/2ac5dfa7-… #nature #japan #ferns #botanical #bonsai #plants #bookillustration #art #publicdomain

Double page spread showing illustrations from a Japanese book on whisk ferns

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Public Domain Image Archive @pdimagearchive.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Illustration by Raoul-Auger Feuillet, from Choregraphie (1701). Source: @bpl.boston.gov‬ / Internet Archive Available to buy as a print. pdimagearchive.org/images/3db8b2b2-… #music #notation #dance #calligraphy #choreography #ballet #dancing #movement

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Public Domain Image Archive @pdimagearchive.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

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. pdimagearchive.org/images/e819cca1-… #geometric #mayans #circles

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