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From Aratea (ca. 820).
Source: @britishlibrary.bsky.social
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#astrology #perseus #zodiac #calligrams #astronomy #aratea #stars #mythology #swords #constellations #medusae #art #publicdomain
Grandville illustration of flowers
Cornflower and corn poppy (1849) by J. J. Grandville, from The Flowers Personified.
Source: @gettymuseum.bsky.social / Internet Archive
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#anthropomorphism #caricatures #costumes #cartoons #floral #personification #flowers #art
Diorama of life in Suriname
Diorama of a Caribbean scene (before 1883) by Gerrit Schouten.
Source: @rijksmuseum.bsky.social
Available to buy as a print.
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#models #thatched-rooves #performances #indigenous #percussion #dancing #drums #dutch #top-hats
hiroshige
The Fox Trap (ca. 1845) by Utagawa Hiroshige.
Source: @rijksmuseum.bsky.social
Available to buy as a print.
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#journeys #ukiyo-e #japan #hiroshige #umbrellas #lanterns #travel #walking #art #publicdomain
Mars canal illustration
The region known as Mare Erythraeum, drawn on the Martian date of January 16th. (1906) by Percival Lowell, from Mars and its Canals.
Source: California Digital Library / Internet Archive
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#canals #abstract #mars #aliens
Dance choreography notation
Illustration by Raoul-Auger Feuillet , from Choregraphie (1701).
Source: @bpl.boston.gov / Internet Archive
Available to buy as a print.
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#music #notation #dance #calligraphy #choreography #ballet #dancing #movement #art
Scientific illustration by Orra Hitchcock
Geologic Strata at Gill, Massachusetts (1828–40) by Orra White Hitchcock.
Source: Amherst College
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#diagrams #strata #fossils #education #geology #fabric #science #rocks #textiles #art #publicdomain
Photograph of Palestinian life
Street in Bethelem (ca. 1919).
Source: @librarycongress.bsky.social
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#cobblestones #stereographs #israel #buildings #archways #bethlehem #stereoscopes #palestine #art #publicdomain
diagram of machine
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
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#charts #diagrams #schematics #machinery #arabic
john l sullivan
John L. Sullivan, Champion Pugilist of the World (1883).
Source: @librarycongress.bsky.social
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#boxing #sashes #boots #trousers #art #publicdomain
Constantin Guys, Two Ladies Taking a Walk
Two Ladies Taking a Walk (19th century) by Constantin Guys.
Source: @metmuseum.org
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#abstract #modernity #illness #modernism #convalescence #movement #walking #paris #art #publicdomain
fake news history
The Fin de Siècle Newspaper Proprietor (Detail) (1894) by Frederick Burr Opper, from Puck, v. 35, no. 887.
Source: @librarycongress.bsky.social
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#satire #caricatures #newspapers #propaganda #cartoons #journalism #politics #war
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Illustration by N. Rémond, from Iconographie descriptive des cactées, ou, Essais systématiques et raisonnés sur l'histoire naturelle, la classification et la culture des plantes de cette famille (1841).
Source: Missouri Botanical Garden / Internet Archive
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/4ae96837
PoissonsecrevisIRena_0075
Illustration by Samuel Fallours, Louis Renard, from Poissons, Ecrevisses et Crabes (1754).
Source: Ernst Mayer Library / Biodiversity Heritage LibraryInternet Archive
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#pescatology #nature #fish #patterns #art #publicdomain
hiroshige
Mossy Trunk and Cherry Blossoms (1837) by Utagawa Hiroshige.
Source: @rijksmuseum.bsky.social
Available to buy as a print.
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#ukiyo-e #nature #japan #hiroshige #floral #golden #flowers #art #publicdomain
pigeons with huge chests
Illustration by Anton Schöner, from Illustriertes Prachtwerk sämtlicher Taubenrassen (1906).
Source: American Museum of Natural History Library / Biodiversity Heritage Library
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#breeding #birds #pigeons #evolution #art
Woodcut of foreign costume
The Countryman (1562) by François Desprez, from Collection of Various Clothing Styles.
Source: @rijksmuseum.bsky.social
Available to buy as a print.
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#travelogues #fashion #art #publicdomain
From The Vessels of Hermes (ca. 1700).
Source: @gettymuseum.bsky.social / Internet Archive
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#watercolours #symbolism #alchemy #hermes #esoteric #heraldry #knights #shields #art #publicdomain
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From BL Sloane 1975 (1190–1200).
Source: @britishlibrary.bsky.social
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#wings #manuscripts #herbals #art #publicdomain
ciuitasverisiuem00delb_0201
Illustration by Théodore Marcile, from Civitas veri sive morvm (1609).
Source: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign / Internet Archive
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#classical #aristotle #dystopia #nature #ethics #emblems #allegory #landscapes
Photograph of Samaritan passover
Heating water for the sacrifice (1917) by Lewis Larsson, John D. Whiting.
Source: @librarycongress.bsky.social
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#judaism #mountains #stereographs #religion #israel #holy-land #rituals #hebrew #palestine #sacrifice #bible #art
Illustration by John Milton, from Poems of Mr. John Milton (null).
Source: @bpl.boston.gov / Internet Archive
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#books #portraits #poetry #art #publicdomain
Photograph of Palestinian life
Women and children in front of a graveyard (ca. 1910).
Source: @librarycongress.bsky.social
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#graves #candid #stereographs #israel #stereoscopes #jerusalem #graveyards #palestine #art #publicdomain
Alberich, illustration for Wagner’s Das Rheingold (1896) by Aubrey Beardsley, from The Savoy Magazine.
Source: National Digital Library of PolandUniversity of Toronto Libraries / Internet Archive
Available to buy as a print.
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Front Cover to *British Goblins* (1880) by Wirt Sikes, from British Goblins: Welsh folk-lore, fairy mythology, legends and traditions.
Source: California Digital Library / Internet Archive
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#fairies #goblins #books #ghosts
Illustration of hare fable
“The Feint with the Moon”, a fable from Hitopadesa. (1924) by Tom Seidmann-Freud, from Book of Hare Stories.
Source: Technische Universität Braunschweig
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#berlin #moon #rabbits #hares #ponds #fables #art #publicdomain
Woodblock image of Japanese toys
(Volume 5, pg. 8) (1913), from Unai no tomo.
Source: @metmuseum.org
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#childhood #toys #japan #children #design #play #art #publicdomain
Sheet music cover
Alex Rogers and Will Marion Cook, “Red Red Rose” (1908).
Source: @jhu.edu
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#roses #african-american #music #blackface #portraits #floral #design #art #publicdomain
Kimono design pattern
From Shin-Bijutsukai (1902).
Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Internet Archive
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#abstract #japan #patterns #shin-bijutsukai #design #art #publicdomain
Dutch children (ca. 1905) by Augustus Sherman.
Source: @nypl.bsky.social / Flickr: The Commons
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#europe #dolls #immigration #children #siblings #hats #art #publicdomain