The Human Alphabet

The Singerie: Monkeys acting as Humans in Art

The Difficulty of Ruling over a Diverse Nation (1578)

Shakespeare in Art

NYPL Release 187k Public Domain Images in Hi-Res

Illustrations from an Italian Book of Proverbs (1718)

Shells and other Marine Life from Albertus Seba’s Cabinet of Natural Curiosities (1734)

The Games and Pleasures of Childhood (1657)

16th-Century Ornament Prints

The Art of Dreams

America, a Personification (ca. 1590)

Flowers of the Sky

Highlights from Folger Shakespeare Library’s Release of almost 80,000 Images

Flemish Mask Designs in the Grotesque Style (1555)

Palacio’s Plan for Colossal Monument to Columbus (1890)

An Alphabet of Organic Type (ca. 1650)

Arent van Bolten’s Grotesques

Selection from Wellcome Library’s release of 100k openly licensed images

Fortunio Liceti’s Monsters (1665)

Engravings from a French Ice-Skating Manual (1813)

The Belly of a Horse (1820)

Böckler’s Pleasure Garden Plans (1664)

The Heart in Art

Illustrations from The Six Voyages of John Baptista Tavernier (1678)