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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

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Dante and Virgil at the gates of Purgatory, and the Proud carrying heavy stones (1444–1450), from Divine Comedy.

Source: @britishlibrary.bsky.social

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/febe7472-fa27-4f4c-9e2f-4bc7cbcf3624

#medieval #stones #dante #birds #purgatory #rocks #carrying #gates
January 26, 2026 at 7:01 PM
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Illustration by Charles Mavelot, from Nouveau livre de differens cartouches, couronnes, casques, supports et tenans (1695).

Source: @gettymuseum.bsky.social / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/30778c6e-9e20-40c8-a4ea-c432c89927fb

#lions #decorative #crowns #heraldry #design
January 26, 2026 at 5:01 PM
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Morse (1558), from Historiae de Gentibus Septentrionalibus.

Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Biodiversity Heritage Library

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/4a921f7a-cc78-4963-be70-56c4d49ed8c0

#walruses #mythology #morse #boats #art #publicdomain
olaus magnus walrus
January 26, 2026 at 2:30 PM
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Hansom cab (ca. 1890).

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

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/71c4b564-456a-41d7-9f84-8608e22ae048

#urban #carriages #victorian #buildings #horses #kodak #circular #art #publicdomain
January 26, 2026 at 12:00 PM
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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.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/ff0f1a12-f808-475c-a0ab-1206d1e9408b

#diagrams #hands #education #communication #bible
Diagram of Plains Indian sign language
January 25, 2026 at 7:00 PM
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Stefan Tells the Princess a Story (1921) by Jay Van Everen, from The Laughing Prince: A Book of Jugoslav Fairy Tales and Folk Tales.

Source: @nypl.bsky.social / Internet Archive

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/44baf299-e4d2-47c5-9a3d-8b702e69118e

#royalty #folklore
Illustration of folk tale
January 25, 2026 at 5:01 PM
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From Joga Pradīpikā (19th century).

Source: @britishlibrary.bsky.social

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/68cac4fb-726f-4d9d-944a-0e71b0acbfb6

#posture #yoga #spirituality #india #exercise #hinduism #art #publicdomain
Illustration from the Joga Pradipika
January 25, 2026 at 2:32 PM
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Thoracic sympathetic ganglion of the chick embryo at the 15th day of incubation, longitudinal section (1894) by Santiago Ramon y Cajal, from Les nouvelles idées sur la structure du système nerveux: chez l'homme et chez les vertébrés.

Source: Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine / Internet Archiv
Santiago Ramon y Cajal illustration of nerve cells
January 25, 2026 at 12:01 PM
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Carved gem stone the Siren, thought to hail from ancient Naples. (1778) by Filippo Palizzi, from Alcuni monumenti del Museo Carrafa.

Source: @gettymuseum.bsky.social / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/629e7777-0656-45ca-830a-a24d88c7f3d7

#feet #wings #chickens #naples
alcunimonumentid00cara_0067
January 24, 2026 at 7:02 PM
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Raising the Brachial Artery (1897), from The Champion Text Book on Embalming.

Source: Harold B. Lee Library at Brigham Young University / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/02b8fb0f-85e2-4c7a-af02-b7dc81c38e85

#anatomy #embalming #education #death #skeletons #students #cadavers
January 24, 2026 at 5:02 PM
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From Kitāb-i ʻAjāʾib-i makhlūqāt (1921).

Source: Princeton University Library

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/3f6d4b90-e033-46e6-80a7-1e5036f8b4bf

#astrology #persia #zodiac #iran #devils #ghosts #demons #occultism #magic #art #publicdomain
January 24, 2026 at 2:32 PM
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Ornamental Page and Glorification of Jesus Christ (9th century) (1868) by John O. Westwood, from Fac-similes of the Miniatures & Ornaments of Anglo-saxon & Irish Manuscripts.

Source: Harold B. Lee Library at Brigham Young University / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/9ff40e33-1a
January 24, 2026 at 12:03 PM
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Deer (1862) by Charles-François Daubigny.

Source: The Cleveland Museum of Art

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/c2a80a3d-8a73-4fd6-a99b-d421409d7b8f

#france #water #nature #reflections #trees #light #shrubs #landscapes #friendship #art #publicdomain
Intricate black and white print depicting birds in flight over dense shrubbery with deer grazing, in a cross-hatched style
January 23, 2026 at 7:03 PM
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Illustration by Giovanni Battista Bracelli, from Bizzarie di Varie Figure (1624).

Source: US National Gallery of Art

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/4e9c89a4-c376-4ba2-a897-2b32db352d58

#proto-cubism #abstract #shapes #diamonds #art #publicdomain
January 23, 2026 at 5:02 PM
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It Was at Once Drawn Upwards (1921) by Jean de Bosschère, from Weird Islands.

Source: California Digital Library / Internet Archive

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/63d07dac-11b4-4d1a-94d3-7339202c2807

#exploration #pulleys #cyclops #lifting #travel #art
Line illustration from the book Weird Islands
January 23, 2026 at 2:31 PM
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Illustration by Fortunio Liceti, from De monstris (1665).

Source: Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/12d48ee5-3cb0-4d10-b9ca-2352cacc7591

#deformity #monsters #art #publicdomain
January 23, 2026 at 12:02 PM
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(Volume 3, pg. 14) (1911), from Unai no tomo.

Source: @metmuseum.org

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/92e510ab-c5c5-40e0-aabf-5a8769cc8a9e

#childhood #toys #japan #children #design #play #art #publicdomain
Woodblock image of Japanese toys
January 22, 2026 at 7:01 PM
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“The Hare Who Laughed Until His Lip Burst”, a fairy tale from the parish of Waiwara. (1924) by Tom Seidmann-Freud, from Book of Hare Stories.

Source: Technische Universität Braunschweig

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/c87c3f73-c676-498a-860c-8cbba225d6bb

#berlin
Illustration of hare fable
January 22, 2026 at 5:01 PM
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Groom in the Greek Style (1771) by Benigno Bossi, from Mascarade à la Grecque.

Source: Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/be56f26f-b8d9-4c0b-bfbe-330f975216b7

#greek #costumes #neoclassicism #armor #design #architecture #shields
Mascarade à la Grecque
January 22, 2026 at 2:32 PM
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Mannequin woman and three mannequin children in living room (1953) by National Nuclear Security Administration.

Source: Department of Energy Digital Archive / Wikimedia Commons

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/92d82911-859d-477a-973b-76ab660508e0

#toys #mannequins #dolls #furniture #fashion #art
January 22, 2026 at 12:01 PM
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Illustration by Fortunio Liceti, from De monstris (1665).

Source: Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/242c34c1-2146-43e6-9e78-0017f8f2d860

#deformity #monsters #art #publicdomain
January 21, 2026 at 7:02 PM
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“Black balloon salesman on south side Chicago’s 47th street many of the city's Black...” (1973–4) by John H. White, from Documerica.

Source: @usnatarchives.bsky.social

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/57416dda-2e9e-4307-af7b-ee88f570693f

#balloons #chicago #documerica #sunglasses #sky
Photograph by John H. White for Documerica
January 21, 2026 at 5:03 PM
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Illustration by Jan Christian Bierpfaff, Jeremias Falck, from Libellus Novus Elementorum Latinorum (ca. 1645-50).

Source: @rijksmuseum.bsky.social

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/ca167e11-aa92-4cbb-b70f-57584fae9951

#alphabets #grotesques #decorative #letters #botanical #typography #design #art
January 21, 2026 at 2:32 PM
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From Shin-Bijutsukai (1902).

Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/b4edf091-ec81-4227-abb6-810ecdbbfe33

#abstract #japan #patterns #shin-bijutsukai #design #art #publicdomain
Kimono design pattern
January 21, 2026 at 12:02 PM
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Illustration by Katsushika Hokusai, from Illustrated Warrior Vanguard of Japan and China (1836).

Source: @metmuseum.org

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/ab87cd0c-5e11-4535-8cd8-032f5690512c

#warriors #spiders #combat #waves #japan #legend #folklore #mythology
January 20, 2026 at 7:00 PM