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    Illustrations from the Lights of Canopus (1847)
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    Animals & Beasts, Wisdom

    Illustrations from the Lights of Canopus (1847)

    William Sharp’s Chromolithographs of The Great Water Lily (1854)
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    Natural World

    William Sharp’s Chromolithographs of The Great Water Lily (1854)

    The Maps of Matrakçı Nasuh, Ottoman Polymath
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    Maps

    The Maps of Matrakçı Nasuh, Ottoman Polymath

    Images from the First Colour Publication on Fish (1754)
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    Animals & Beasts

    Images from the First Colour Publication on Fish (1754)

    Yellow Journalism: The “Fake News” of the 19th Century
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    Politics, Humour & Satire

    Yellow Journalism: The “Fake News” of the 19th Century

    A Selection from The MET’s Public Domain Collection, Now Free from All Restrictions
    Images

    A Selection from The MET’s Public Domain Collection, Now Free from All Restrictions

    The Trouvelot Astronomical Drawings (1882)
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    Science & Medicine, Space

    The Trouvelot Astronomical Drawings (1882)

    The Human Alphabet
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    Design & Typography

    The Human Alphabet

    Illustrations from a Descriptive Iconography of Cacti (1841)
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    Science & Medicine, Natural World

    Illustrations from a Descriptive Iconography of Cacti (1841)

    Phenakistoscopes (1833)
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    Technology

    Phenakistoscopes (1833)

    Kobayashi Kiyochika’s Cartoons of the Russo-Japanese War (1904–5)
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    War, Humour & Satire

    Kobayashi Kiyochika’s Cartoons of the Russo-Japanese War (1904–5)

    A Vision of Isolating Technology from 1906
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    Technology

    A Vision of Isolating Technology from 1906

    The Steps of Life
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    Death, Geometry & Diagrams

    The Steps of Life

    Hypnotism Posters (ca. 1900)
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    People, Strange Phenomena, Humour & Satire

    Hypnotism Posters (ca. 1900)

    The Postures of the Mouth (1846)
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    Language

    The Postures of the Mouth (1846)

    NYPL Release 187k Public Domain Images in Hi-Res
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    Animals & Beasts, Technology

    NYPL Release 187k Public Domain Images in Hi-Res

    19th-Century Album of Ottoman Fashion
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    Fashion

    19th-Century Album of Ottoman Fashion

    Practical Hydrotherapy (1909)
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    Science & Medicine

    Practical Hydrotherapy (1909)

    The Art of Dreams
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    People, Religion, Myth & Legend, Strange Phenomena

    The Art of Dreams

    Illustrations from a Teenage Holiday Journal (1821)
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    People, Customs & Culture

    Illustrations from a Teenage Holiday Journal (1821)

    Speech of Satan to his Legions... (with Gestures)
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    Language

    Speech of Satan to his Legions... (with Gestures)

    Greetings from Krampus
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    Religion, Myth & Legend

    Greetings from Krampus

    Flowers of the Sky
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    Space

    Flowers of the Sky

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

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

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