Search The Public Domain Review

    The Public Domain Review
    The Heart in Art
    Images / 
    Maps

    The Heart in Art

    Jehan Cousin’s *Livre de Pourtraiture* (1608)
    Images / 
    Geometry & Diagrams

    Jehan Cousin’s Livre de Pourtraiture (1608)

    Skeleton Leaves (1873)
    Images

    Skeleton Leaves (1873)

    Illustrations from The Six Voyages of John Baptista Tavernier (1678)
    Images / 
    Animals & Beasts, People, Landscapes, Maps, Colonialism & the 'Other'

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

    The Vessels of Hermes - an Alchemical Album (ca.1700)
    Images / 
    Religion, Myth & Legend, Ghosts & Occult

    The Vessels of Hermes - an Alchemical Album (ca.1700)

    Decayed Daguerreotypes
    Images / 
    People, Death

    Decayed Daguerreotypes

    Engravings from Oliver Goldsmith’s History of the Earth and Animated Nature (1825)
    Images / 
    Animals & Beasts

    Engravings from Oliver Goldsmith’s History of the Earth and Animated Nature (1825)

    The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
    Images / 
    Religion, Myth & Legend, Death

    The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

    A Pictorial History of Santa Claus
    Images / 
    Religion, Myth & Legend, Fashion, Customs & Culture

    A Pictorial History of Santa Claus

    Twelve Twelve Twelve
    Images / 
    People

    Twelve Twelve Twelve

    Illustrations from a Chapbook on Robinson Crusoe (ca. 1800)
    Images

    Illustrations from a Chapbook on Robinson Crusoe (ca. 1800)

    Plates from a History of the Carriby Islands (1666)
    Images / 
    Animals & Beasts, Colonialism & the 'Other', Customs & Culture

    Plates from a History of the Carriby Islands (1666)

    Owen Jones’ *Examples of Chinese Ornament* (1867)
    Images / 
    Design & Typography

    Owen Jones’ Examples of Chinese Ornament (1867)

    Illustrations from Vincenzo Requeno's *Discovery of Chironomia* (1797)
    Images / 
    Science & Medicine

    Illustrations from Vincenzo Requeno's Discovery of Chironomia (1797)

    Plates from Robert Thornton’s Temple of Flora (1807)
    Images / 
    Science & Medicine, Landscapes, Natural World

    Plates from Robert Thornton’s Temple of Flora (1807)

    The Calaveras of José Guadalupe Posada
    Images / 
    People

    The Calaveras of José Guadalupe Posada

    Posed Portraits of 19th-Century Baseball Stars
    Images / 
    People, Sport & Exercise, Fashion

    Posed Portraits of 19th-Century Baseball Stars

    Coloured plates from Gautier D'Agoty's Essai d’Anatomie (1745)
    Images / 
    Science & Medicine

    Coloured plates from Gautier D'Agoty's Essai d’Anatomie (1745)

    “I Reunite Architecture and Perspective”: Hirschvogel’s *Geometria* (1543)
    Images / 
    Geometry & Diagrams

    “I Reunite Architecture and Perspective”: Hirschvogel’s Geometria (1543)

    Birds from *The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands* (1754)
    Images / 
    Animals & Beasts

    Birds from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands (1754)

    Woodcuts from 18th-Century Chapbooks
    Images / 
    People

    Woodcuts from 18th-Century Chapbooks

    Moriarty Playing Cards (1916)
    Images / 
    People

    Moriarty Playing Cards (1916)

    16th-century Prosthetics (1564)
    Images / 
    Science & Medicine, Technology

    16th-century Prosthetics (1564)

    Spring Morning in the Han Palace (17th.c)
    Images / 
    People, Landscapes

    Spring Morning in the Han Palace (17th.c)