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Cross-sectional view of Newton’s Cenotaph (1784) by Étienne-Louis Boullée.

Source: Library of Congress

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/8d0e8453-420d-40b9-bb3f-db8e90d9a165

#france #forms #designs #tombs #frenchrevolution #fantasyarchitecture #spheres #monuments #utopias #ink #geometry #architecture #isaacnewton #theimpossible #design #painting #drawing #art #publicdomain

The lake of Agnano (1776–9) by Peter Fabris, from Campi Phlegraei.

Source: Wellcome Collection

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/73e3f51e-3b22-41af-830d-c8e6efd33670

#volcanoes #lake #pompeii #nature #clouds #geology #hills #naples #landscapes #italy #horses #walking #etching #painting #drawing #art #publicdomain

The lake of Agnano (1776–9) by Peter Fabris, from Campi Phlegraei.

Source: Wellcome Collection

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/73e3f51e-3b22-41af-830d-c8e6efd33670

#volcanoes #lake #pompeii #nature #clouds #geology #hills #naples #landscapes #italy #horses #walking #etching #painting #drawing #art #publicdomain

The lake of Agnano (1776–9) by Peter Fabris, from Campi Phlegraei.

Source: Wellcome Collection

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/73e3f51e-3b22-41af-830d-c8e6efd33670

#volcanoes #lake #pompeii #nature #clouds #geology #hills #naples #landscapes #italy #horses #walking #etching #painting #drawing #art #publicdomain

The lake of Agnano (1776–9) by Peter Fabris, from Campi Phlegraei.

Source: Wellcome Collection

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/73e3f51e-3b22-41af-830d-c8e6efd33670

#volcanoes #lake #pompeii #nature #clouds #geology #hills #naples #landscapes #italy #horses #walking #etching #painting #drawing #art #publicdomain

The lake of Agnano (1776–9) by Peter Fabris, from Campi Phlegraei.

Source: Wellcome Collection

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/73e3f51e-3b22-41af-830d-c8e6efd33670

#volcanoes #lake #pompeii #nature #clouds #geology #hills #naples #landscapes #italy #horses #walking #etching #painting #drawing #art #publicdomain

Parade at the Jaffa Gate (ca. 1910).

Source: Library of Congress

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/7cbf1d07-f10d-4085-aac2-9f288e5e8b59

#urban #bands #stereographs #israel #public #buildings #stereoscopes #jerusalem #palestine #photography #art #publicdomain

Parade at the Jaffa Gate (ca. 1910).

Source: Library of Congress

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/7cbf1d07-f10d-4085-aac2-9f288e5e8b59

#urban #bands #stereographs #israel #public #buildings #stereoscopes #jerusalem #palestine #photography #art #publicdomain

Parade at the Jaffa Gate (ca. 1910).

Source: Library of Congress

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/7cbf1d07-f10d-4085-aac2-9f288e5e8b59

#urban #bands #stereographs #israel #public #buildings #stereoscopes #jerusalem #palestine #photography #art #publicdomain

Parade at the Jaffa Gate (ca. 1910).

Source: Library of Congress

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/7cbf1d07-f10d-4085-aac2-9f288e5e8b59

#urban #bands #stereographs #israel #public #buildings #stereoscopes #jerusalem #palestine #photography #art #publicdomain

Parade at the Jaffa Gate (ca. 1910).

Source: Library of Congress

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/7cbf1d07-f10d-4085-aac2-9f288e5e8b59

#urban #bands #stereographs #israel #public #buildings #stereoscopes #jerusalem #palestine #photography #art #publicdomain

Illustration by Samuel Fallours, Louis Renard, from Poissons, Ecrevisses et Crabes (1754).

Source: Ernst Mayer Library / Biodiversity Heritage Library, Internet Archive

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/fc688ad1-a59a-4634-b605-985c4a9d14ed

#pescatology #nature #fish #patterns #bookillustration #engraving #art #publicdomain

Dragonfly, Pear, Carnation, and Insect. (1561–1596) by Joris Hoefnagel, Georg Bocskay, from Mira calligraphiae monumenta.

Source: The Getty

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/a870edd8-996c-4ed3-8c24-e538a42a44e2

#dragonflies #insects #manuscripts #entomology #botany #calligraphy #fruit #flowers #writing #design #painting #drawing #art #publicdomain

Dragonfly, Pear, Carnation, and Insect. (1561–1596) by Joris Hoefnagel, Georg Bocskay, from Mira calligraphiae monumenta.

Source: The Getty

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/a870edd8-996c-4ed3-8c24-e538a42a44e2

#dragonflies #insects #manuscripts #entomology #botany #calligraphy #fruit #flowers #writing #design #painting #drawing #art #publicdomain

Dragonfly, Pear, Carnation, and Insect. (1561–1596) by Joris Hoefnagel, Georg Bocskay, from Mira calligraphiae monumenta.

Source: The Getty

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/a870edd8-996c-4ed3-8c24-e538a42a44e2

#dragonflies #insects #manuscripts #entomology #botany #calligraphy #fruit #flowers #writing #design #painting #drawing #art #publicdomain

Dragonfly, Pear, Carnation, and Insect. (1561–1596) by Joris Hoefnagel, Georg Bocskay, from Mira calligraphiae monumenta.

Source: The Getty

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/a870edd8-996c-4ed3-8c24-e538a42a44e2

#dragonflies #insects #manuscripts #entomology #botany #calligraphy #fruit #flowers #writing #design #painting #drawing #art #publicdomain

Dragonfly, Pear, Carnation, and Insect. (1561–1596) by Joris Hoefnagel, Georg Bocskay, from Mira calligraphiae monumenta.

Source: The Getty

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/a870edd8-996c-4ed3-8c24-e538a42a44e2

#dragonflies #insects #manuscripts #entomology #botany #calligraphy #fruit #flowers #writing #design #painting #drawing #art #publicdomain

From Hours use of Rome, Beinecke MS 287 (ca. 1495).

Source: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/c949b9f7-f490-40e2-9b42-6e301d899803

#spines #grotesques #medieval #beasts #monsters #manuscript #art #publicdomain

From Hours use of Rome, Beinecke MS 287 (ca. 1495).

Source: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/c949b9f7-f490-40e2-9b42-6e301d899803

#spines #grotesques #medieval #beasts #monsters #manuscript #art #publicdomain

From Hours use of Rome, Beinecke MS 287 (ca. 1495).

Source: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/c949b9f7-f490-40e2-9b42-6e301d899803

#spines #grotesques #medieval #beasts #monsters #manuscript #art #publicdomain

From Hours use of Rome, Beinecke MS 287 (ca. 1495).

Source: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/c949b9f7-f490-40e2-9b42-6e301d899803

#spines #grotesques #medieval #beasts #monsters #manuscript #art #publicdomain

From Hours use of Rome, Beinecke MS 287 (ca. 1495).

Source: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/c949b9f7-f490-40e2-9b42-6e301d899803

#spines #grotesques #medieval #beasts #monsters #manuscript #art #publicdomain

Illustration by M. F. Lewis, from Fungi Collected in Shropshire and Other Neighbourhoods (1860–1902).

Source: Cornell University Library / Biodiversity Heritage Library

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/2e3007ef-565a-4411-86fd-3e8f4c0876f5

#nature #botanical #mushrooms #bookillustration #painting #drawing #art #publicdomain

Illustration by M. F. Lewis, from Fungi Collected in Shropshire and Other Neighbourhoods (1860–1902).

Source: Cornell University Library / Biodiversity Heritage Library

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/2e3007ef-565a-4411-86fd-3e8f4c0876f5

#nature #botanical #mushrooms #bookillustration #painting #drawing #art #publicdomain

Illustration by M. F. Lewis, from Fungi Collected in Shropshire and Other Neighbourhoods (1860–1902).

Source: Cornell University Library / Biodiversity Heritage Library

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/2e3007ef-565a-4411-86fd-3e8f4c0876f5

#nature #botanical #mushrooms #bookillustration #painting #drawing #art #publicdomain

Illustration by M. F. Lewis, from Fungi Collected in Shropshire and Other Neighbourhoods (1860–1902).

Source: Cornell University Library / Biodiversity Heritage Library

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/2e3007ef-565a-4411-86fd-3e8f4c0876f5

#nature #botanical #mushrooms #bookillustration #painting #drawing #art #publicdomain

Illustration by M. F. Lewis, from Fungi Collected in Shropshire and Other Neighbourhoods (1860–1902).

Source: Cornell University Library / Biodiversity Heritage Library

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/2e3007ef-565a-4411-86fd-3e8f4c0876f5

#nature #botanical #mushrooms #bookillustration #painting #drawing #art #publicdomain

Illustration by Lewis Carroll, from Alice in Wonderland (1919).

Source: California Digital Library / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/22b50a24-4af1-43a0-8758-800917c0f247

#shorthand #books #language #rabbits #writing #bookillustration #art #publicdomain

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"The book of wonderful characters: Memoirs and anecdotes of remarkable and eccentric persons in all ages and countries"
Amongst others, Nathaniel Bentley, the "Dirty Dick", p. 211.
#publicdomain

The Sahara Desert Made into Agricultural Land After a Climate Overhaul (1890) by Albert Robida, from La vie électrique.

Source: The Getty / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/ff6f1a98-f0b8-4733-941b-74dfcb41462f

#egypt #pyramids #agriculture #future #cities #lighthouses #sphinx #landscapes #retrofuturism #bookillustration #art #publicdomain

The Sahara Desert Made into Agricultural Land After a Climate Overhaul (1890) by Albert Robida, from La vie électrique.

Source: The Getty / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/ff6f1a98-f0b8-4733-941b-74dfcb41462f

#egypt #pyramids #agriculture #future #cities #lighthouses #sphinx #landscapes #retrofuturism #bookillustration #art #publicdomain

The Sahara Desert Made into Agricultural Land After a Climate Overhaul (1890) by Albert Robida, from La vie électrique.

Source: The Getty / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/ff6f1a98-f0b8-4733-941b-74dfcb41462f

#egypt #pyramids #agriculture #future #cities #lighthouses #sphinx #landscapes #retrofuturism #bookillustration #art #publicdomain

The Sahara Desert Made into Agricultural Land After a Climate Overhaul (1890) by Albert Robida, from La vie électrique.

Source: The Getty / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/ff6f1a98-f0b8-4733-941b-74dfcb41462f

#egypt #pyramids #agriculture #future #cities #lighthouses #sphinx #landscapes #retrofuturism #bookillustration #art #publicdomain

The Sahara Desert Made into Agricultural Land After a Climate Overhaul (1890) by Albert Robida, from La vie électrique.

Source: The Getty / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/ff6f1a98-f0b8-4733-941b-74dfcb41462f

#egypt #pyramids #agriculture #future #cities #lighthouses #sphinx #landscapes #retrofuturism #bookillustration #art #publicdomain

Illustration by Lewis Carroll, from Alice in Wonderland (1919).

Source: California Digital Library / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/58b92032-6d19-42bb-8279-44d1c70a8342

#dodos #shorthand #books #language #writing #bookillustration #art #publicdomain

Illustration by Lewis Carroll, from Alice in Wonderland (1919).

Source: California Digital Library / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/58b92032-6d19-42bb-8279-44d1c70a8342

#dodos #shorthand #books #language #writing #bookillustration #art #publicdomain

Illustration by Lewis Carroll, from Alice in Wonderland (1919).

Source: California Digital Library / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/58b92032-6d19-42bb-8279-44d1c70a8342

#dodos #shorthand #books #language #writing #bookillustration #art #publicdomain

Illustration by Lewis Carroll, from Alice in Wonderland (1919).

Source: California Digital Library / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/58b92032-6d19-42bb-8279-44d1c70a8342

#dodos #shorthand #books #language #writing #bookillustration #art #publicdomain

Illustration by Lewis Carroll, from Alice in Wonderland (1919).

Source: California Digital Library / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/58b92032-6d19-42bb-8279-44d1c70a8342

#dodos #shorthand #books #language #writing #bookillustration #art #publicdomain

Saadi of Shiraz, Gulistan, 1258:

"Kings exist for protecting subjects, and subjects not for obeying kings."

Ten lines from the book — five on power, five on hypocrisy. English translation Edward Rehatsek, 1888, public domain. Persian from the Foroughi edition.

#Saadi #PersianPoetry #PersianLiterature #Quotes #Literature #PublicDomain

Le Superbe (1780) by François-Nicolas Martinet, from Histoire naturelle des dorades de la Chine.

Source: Harvard University / Internet Archive

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/01abb915-b1ca-43ad-b73a-b3d1f3258543

#pets #fish #french #carp #naturalhistory #chinese #china #goldfish #engraving #art #publicdomain

The Washington Coat of Arms (1879), from The Pedigree and History of the Washington Family Derived from Odin.

Source: Boston Public Library / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/5eae1ba9-2902-4c70-9af9-63b1c3d9d382

#woden #lions #scrollwork #genealogy #odin #vikings #birds #scandina #heraldry #shields #bookillustration #art #publicdomain

The Washington Coat of Arms (1879), from The Pedigree and History of the Washington Family Derived from Odin.

Source: Boston Public Library / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/5eae1ba9-2902-4c70-9af9-63b1c3d9d382

#woden #lions #scrollwork #genealogy #odin #vikings #birds #scandina #heraldry #shields #bookillustration #art #publicdomain

The Washington Coat of Arms (1879), from The Pedigree and History of the Washington Family Derived from Odin.

Source: Boston Public Library / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/5eae1ba9-2902-4c70-9af9-63b1c3d9d382

#woden #lions #scrollwork #genealogy #odin #vikings #birds #scandina #heraldry #shields #bookillustration #art #publicdomain

The Washington Coat of Arms (1879), from The Pedigree and History of the Washington Family Derived from Odin.

Source: Boston Public Library / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/5eae1ba9-2902-4c70-9af9-63b1c3d9d382

#woden #lions #scrollwork #genealogy #odin #vikings #birds #scandina #heraldry #shields #bookillustration #art #publicdomain

The Washington Coat of Arms (1879), from The Pedigree and History of the Washington Family Derived from Odin.

Source: Boston Public Library / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/5eae1ba9-2902-4c70-9af9-63b1c3d9d382

#woden #lions #scrollwork #genealogy #odin #vikings #birds #scandina #heraldry #shields #bookillustration #art #publicdomain

View of the Celestial Influx on the Body of Woman . . . (ca. 1800) by Dodd Delin.

Source: Wellcome Collection

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/d7260676-977d-46d2-b96b-5f4f04598a02

#astrology #zodiac #medicine #bookillustration #art #publicdomain

Saturn (1829), from Astronomia.

Source: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/d1a08242-d307-4574-80c7-82c3ef7881ad

#columns #astrology #zodiac #planets #summer #space #astronomy #cards #stars #celestial #games #saturn #bookillustration #design #art #publicdomain