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Public Domain Image Archive @pdimagearchive.bsky.social · 11h

Illustration by Odoardo Fialetti, Francesco Valesio, from De formato foetu liber singularis (1626). Source: US National Library of Medicine pdimagearchive.org/images/f57654ae-… #anatomy #dissection #biology #childbirth #engraving #art #publicdomain

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Public Domain Image Archive @pdimagearchive.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Illustration by Giovanni Battista Bracelli, from Bizzarie di Varie Figure (1624). Source: US National Gallery of Art Available to buy as a print. pdimagearchive.org/images/64524c0d-… #protocubism #abstract #shapes #etching #art #publicdomain

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Public Domain Image Archive @pdimagearchive.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Illustration by Giovanni Battista Bracelli, from Bizzarie di Varie Figure (1624). Source: US National Gallery of Art pdimagearchive.org/images/ae3d434a-… #protocubism #abstract #shapes #spirals #etching #art #publicdomain

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Public Domain Image Archive @pdimagearchive.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

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/7280534f-… #heraldry #banners #design #shields #engraving

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Public Domain Image Archive @pdimagearchive.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Arrow-Head (Pl. 26) (1896) by Eugène Grasset, from La plante et ses applications ornementales. Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Internet Archive pdimagearchive.org/images/08943089-… #decorative #patterns #floral #decorations #flowers #design #textiles

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Public Domain Image Archive @pdimagearchive.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Illustration by Anton Schöner, from Illustriertes Prachtwerk sämtlicher Taubenrassen (1906). Source: American Museum of Natural History Library / Biodiversity Heritage Library pdimagearchive.org/images/ef2c5c18-… #breeding #birds #pigeons #evolution

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Public Domain Image Archive @pdimagearchive.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Lava emerging from Mount Vesuvius at night and running towards Resina, 11 May 1771 (1776–9) by Peter Fabris, from Campi Phlegraei. Source: @wellcomecollection.bsky.social pdimagearchive.org/images/0095faaa-… #volcanoes #lava #pompeii #fire #nature #geology

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Public Domain Image Archive @pdimagearchive.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Byssus-like Carbonate of Copper (*Cuprum carbonatum*) (1802–17) by James Sowerby, from British Mineralogy. Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Biodiversity Heritage Library pdimagearchive.org/images/8396458c-… #minerals #geology #green #patterns #rocks

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Public Domain Image Archive @pdimagearchive.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The Rape of the Lock (1897) by Aubrey Beardsley, from The Rape of the Lock. Source: National Digital Library of Poland, University of Toronto Libraries / Internet Archive Available to buy as a print. pdimagearchive.org/images/1c431ce1-… #victorianengland #window

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Public Domain Image Archive @pdimagearchive.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Plate 6 — Views of specimen no. 3, in the 'sand' and 'gravel' phases. Unfortunately, the capacity of this specimen for such adaptations proved to be comparatively… Source: MBLWHOI Library / Internet Archive pdimagearchive.org/images/fb38cf3d-… #camouflage

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Public Domain Image Archive @pdimagearchive.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Circle, triangle, and square: tonic, mediant, and dominant (1842) by David Ramsay Hay, from The Natural Principles and Analogy of the Harmony of Form. Source: @gettymuseum.bsky.social / Internet Archive pdimagearchive.org/images/a0057ffc-… #triangles #parthenon

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Public Domain Image Archive @pdimagearchive.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

“They torture a man or woman who has had sexual relations during menstruation or the period after childbirth by pulling their tongue out of their neck” (19th… Source: Los Angeles County Museum of Art pdimagearchive.org/images/e55e0d32-… #islam #hell #punishment

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Public Domain Image Archive @pdimagearchive.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Persian psaltery (1722) by Filippo Buonanni, from Gabinetto Armonico pieno d’istromenti sonori. Source: Library of the University of Seville / Flickr: The Commons pdimagearchive.org/images/eaf9c6ba-… #musicians #music #wunderkammer #engraving #art #publicdomain

illustration from filippo buonanni's harmonic cabinet

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Public Domain Image Archive @pdimagearchive.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Illustration by Peter Rollos, from Le Centre de l'amour: decouvert soubs divers emblesmes galans et facetieux (ca. 1687). Source: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign / Internet Archive pdimagearchive.org/images/648fde18-… #gardens #mallets #emblems #love

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Public Domain Image Archive @pdimagearchive.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

From Schembartbuch aus dem Besitz des Sebastian Schedel, UB of California Coll. 170 Ms 351 (1590). Source: UCLA Digital Library pdimagearchive.org/images/6fd87149-… #carnivals #caricatures #manuscripts #germany #nuremberg #fashion #manuscript #painting #drawing

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Public Domain Image Archive @pdimagearchive.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Illustration by Harold Fisk, from Geological Investigation of the Alluvial Valley of the Lower Mississippi River (1944). Source: US Army Corps of Engineers pdimagearchive.org/images/3b875be8-… #time #maps #serpentine #cartography #rivers #geology #mapmaking #art

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Public Domain Image Archive @pdimagearchive.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Illustration by Raffaele Mainella, from Nos Invisibles (1907). Source: Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève Livres / Internet Archive Available to buy as a print. pdimagearchive.org/images/07991ff5-… #spiritualism #spirituality #lifeafterdeath #snakes #mediumship

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Public Domain Image Archive @pdimagearchive.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

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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