Search The Public Domain Review

    The Public Domain Review
    “A Slight Freshness on the Neck”: Prints Depicting the Execution of Louis XVI (ca. 1793)
    Images / 
    Death, Politics

    “A Slight Freshness on the Neck”: Prints Depicting the Execution of Louis XVI (ca. 1793)

    Plague Doctor Costumes
    Images / 
    Death, Science & Medicine

    Plague Doctor Costumes

    “Firelight Flickering on the Ceiling of the World”: The Aurora Borealis in Art
    Images / 
    Natural World

    “Firelight Flickering on the Ceiling of the World”: The Aurora Borealis in Art

    D. A. Rovinskii’s Collection of Russian Lubki (18th–19th Century)
    Images / 
    Animals & Beasts, People, Politics

    D. A. Rovinskii’s Collection of Russian Lubki (18th–19th Century)

    Buffon and de Sève’s Quadrupeds (1754)
    Images / 
    Animals & Beasts

    Buffon and de Sève’s Quadrupeds (1754)

    The Beast of Gévaudan (1764–1767)
    Images / 
    Animals & Beasts

    The Beast of Gévaudan (1764–1767)

    X is for...
    Books / 
    Communication

    X is for...

    The Joys of Young Werther (1775)
    Books / 
    Humour & Satire, Emotion & Expression

    The Joys of Young Werther (1775)

    The Notre-Dame Cathedral in Art (1460–1921)
    Images / 
    Architecture

    The Notre-Dame Cathedral in Art (1460–1921)

    Highlights from The Cleveland Museum of Art’s release of more than 30k images of public domain works
    Images / 
    Music & Arts

    Highlights from The Cleveland Museum of Art’s release of more than 30k images of public domain works

    Characters and Caricaturas by William Hogarth (1743)
    Images

    Characters and Caricaturas by William Hogarth (1743)

    The Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins, a Cornish Man (1750)
    Books / 
    Travel & Exploration, Colonialism & the 'Other'

    The Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins, a Cornish Man (1750)

    The Celestial Atlas of Andreas Cellarius (1660)
    Images / 
    Maps, Geometry & Diagrams, Astronomy & Space

    The Celestial Atlas of Andreas Cellarius (1660)

    Bon-Mots of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century (1897)
    Books / 
    Humour & Satire

    Bon-Mots of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century (1897)

    Scrapbook of Hand-Coloured Juvenile Woodcut Emblems
    Books / 
    Wisdom

    Scrapbook of Hand-Coloured Juvenile Woodcut Emblems

    Allegorical Maps of Love, Courtship, and Matrimony
    Images / 
    Love & Lust

    Allegorical Maps of Love, Courtship, and Matrimony

    Fore-Edge Book Paintings from the Boston Public Library
    Images / 
    Landscapes, Music & Arts

    Fore-Edge Book Paintings from the Boston Public Library

    The Bakemono Zukushi “Monster” Scroll (18th–19th century)
    Images / 
    Ghosts & Occult

    The Bakemono Zukushi “Monster” Scroll (18th–19th century)

    Mary Wollstonecraft’s Adventures in Scandinavia
    Books / 
    Politics, Travel & Exploration

    Mary Wollstonecraft’s Adventures in Scandinavia

    Maps Showing California as an Island
    Images / 
    Maps, Travel & Exploration

    Maps Showing California as an Island

    The Egg Dance: From Peasant Village to Political Caricature
    Images / 
    Customs & Culture

    The Egg Dance: From Peasant Village to Political Caricature

    The Diverting History of John Gilpin: Shewing how he Went Further than he Intended, and Came Safe Home Again (1782)
    Books / 
    Travel & Exploration

    The Diverting History of John Gilpin: Shewing how he Went Further than he Intended, and Came Safe Home Again (1782)

    Curiosities from the Museum of Giovanni Carafa (1778)
    Images / 
    Religion, Myth & Legend

    Curiosities from the Museum of Giovanni Carafa (1778)

    A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue (1788)
    Books / 
    Communication

    A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue (1788)