Public Domain Image Archive

A toroidal colony's interior with a cutaway view (1970s) by Rick Guidice.

Source: NASA

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/0d211438-9c25-40cb-80eb-bc803adde947

#technology #utopias #architecture #art #publicdomain

From Der Naturen Bloeme (ca. 1350).

Source: National Library of the Netherlands

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/f17a45e7-d549-4c3a-8125-16daff621e52

#animals #fish #bestiary #art #publicdomain

Illustration by J. J. Grandville, from Public and Private Life of Animals (1877).

Source: California Digital Library / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/b1106b18-bb18-41fc-8890-1218b33abeed

#satire #dogs #france #cats #swords #paris #art #publicdomain

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

Source: @hab_wf@openbiblio.social

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/67b84d50-5075-4254-bee1-2c9b25a6d840

#societies #nobility #portraits #signatures #friendship #hats #art #publicdomain

From Der Naturen Bloeme (ca. 1350).

Source: National Library of the Netherlands

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/b8873d57-fa1a-45dd-b586-64b97cb0e9ca

#animals #mermaids #bestiary #mermen #hybrid-figures #swords #shields #helmets #art #publicdomain

From Die Asteriden der Siboga-Expedition (1917).

Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Biodiversity Heritage LibraryInternet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/917f0e27-3097-46ac-855b-3e01070c1fe6

#collage #marine #biology #sea #oceans #starfish #echinoderms #art #publicdomain

Apothecary Rose (Rosa gallica) (ca. 1510–1515) by Master of Claude de France, from Book of Flower Studies.

Source: The Metropolitan Museum

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/dc0ff281-6edd-4a3b-8cd9-4f2bd45c908c

#roses #spring #botanical-art #illuminated-manuscripts #botanical-illustration #flowers #plants #art #publicdomain

“Black woman selling gas filled “have a happy day” balloons on a Chicago South Side street…” (1973–4) by John H. White, from Documerica.

Source: U.S. National Archives

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/35851225-4f23-430c-a0f7-a3ee7234e311

#balloons #chicago #documerica #cars #sitting #documentary #art #publicdomain

*Inferno*, Canto XXXIII*, 1865. Heads frozen in the lake of Cocytus. (1865) by Luigi Ademollo, from Divine Comedy.

Source: Cornell University Library

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/5a0cf6cc-2042-43b4-a3a9-2a9d1ec05612

#hell #dante #inferno #art #publicdomain

From Anvār-i Suhaylī (1847).

Source: The Walters Art Museum

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/c8c77123-da64-42ae-b125-1320d543d121

#panchatantra #persia #animals #mountains #iran #rural #altercation #cows #violence #fables #art #publicdomain

Ring shaped gem depicting a hybrid figure, a mix of a butterfly and a male youth. (1778) by Filippo Palizzi, from Alcuni monumenti del Museo Carrafa.

Source: The Getty / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/db44a7b0-4300-4bd8-84e4-b1875f0e4093

#insects #naples #butterflies #hybrid-figures #antiquities #italy #mythology #art #publicdomain

Illustration by Agostino Ramelli, from Le diverse et artificiose machine (1588).

Source: Library of Congress

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/2c6fc73b-87e1-4edd-a40b-b7c35498671c

#fountains #technology #cogs #machinery #waterwheels #engineering #machines #art #publicdomain

The Manner of transporting wares on Barges drawn by a Bellows. (1776) by Filippo Morghen, from Raccolta delle cose più notabili Vedute da Giovanni Wilkins erudito Vescove Inglese nel suo famoso viaggio dalla Terra alla Luna....

Source: Yale University Art Gallery

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/833f13c1-9e65-4577-aa25-77bf7291199f

#bellows #moon #sails #architecture #art #publicdomain

Illustration by Guillaume-Benjamin Duchenne, from Mécanisme de la physionomie humaine (1862).

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

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/b489328c-388a-4f1e-a927-52a04c73dac3

#electricity #duchenne #art #publicdomain

Illustration by Martin Gerlach, from Festons und Decorative Gruppen aus Pflanzen und Thieren (1897).

Source: Rijksmuseum

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/022e472a-455d-4caa-b1ae-c40aac91f09d

#collage #botanical #cabbages #fruit #vegetables #decorations #montage #flora #melons #ornament #leaves #plants #art #publicdomain

The Descent Began at 1:25 (1870) by Émile-Antoine Bayard, from De la terre à la lune.

Source: Joseph Sablé Centre / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/fbd04285-ec18-4036-8550-f1ad5bccd744

#underwater #moon #marine #fish #wildlife #art #publicdomain

“The large syrphid fly”. (1914) by David Fairchild, Marian Fairchild, from Book of Monsters.

Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Biodiversity Heritage Library

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/cafcc558-19ef-4f4d-b91f-25c233845cad

#insects #macrophotography #flies #art #publicdomain

In Darkest England and the Way Out (1890) by William Booth, from The Review of Reviews.

Source: Cornell University Library

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/973fe947-c72e-480f-a527-6adc16277aea

#poverty #scenes #religion #progress #imperialism #christianity #colonialism #africa #art #publicdomain

Illustration by Raffaele Mainella, from Nos Invisibles (1907).

Source: Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève Livres / Internet Archive

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/01b40c71-60ad-425f-bbbf-fce5145525ed

#spiritualism #spirituality #life-after-death #mediumship #scrolls #art #publicdomain

Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands, v2. Tab 45 (1743) by Mark Catesby.

Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Biodiversity Heritage Library

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/a807f172-89d5-44e7-8308-add24752e286

#fauna #nature #snakes #fruit #flora #leaves #art #publicdomain

“The black ant”. (1914) by David Fairchild, Marian Fairchild, from Book of Monsters.

Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Biodiversity Heritage Library

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/ce38a10f-fd58-443f-b234-0446907d83fc

#ants #insects #macrophotography #art #publicdomain

From Kitāb al-jāmiʿ bayn al-ʿilm wa-al-ʿamal al-nāfiʿ fī ṣināʿat al-ḥiyal, Staatsbibliothek Ms or Fol 3306 (ca. 17th century).

Source: Islamic Scientific Manuscripts Initiative

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/7560d95f-3097-44b0-a650-f4c2561d8ead

#charts #diagrams #schematics #machinery #arabic #engineering #machines #art #publicdomain