Phenakistoscope (1833).

Source: Library of Congress

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/1dab3711-c639-437c-8219-971767c0be65

#technology #devils #riding #horses #phenakistoscopes #movement #art #publicdomain

Flute Began to Play / Cod, the Captain (1921) by Jean de Bosschère, from Weird Islands.

Source: California Digital Library / Internet Archive

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/66f101d4-47f5-4bf0-908f-aa610401226e

#exploration #fish #travel #flutes #boats #art #publicdomain

The “pericentral spectrum” of Mr. Beck (1904), from Subjective Sensations of Sight and Sound.

Source: Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/366f61c1-e348-479c-b491-8f53c23cf373

#abstract #visions #headaches #migraines #auras #sequential #movement #teichopsia #art #publicdomain

Synoptic Table of Physiognomic Traits (ca. 1909) by Alphonse Bertillon, from Tableau synoptic des traits physionomiques.

Source: The Metropolitan Museum

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/4529f311-3f60-4844-b67f-ef4dbc43a257

#biopower #foucault #fingerprints #ears #noses #filing #criminals #identification #taxonomy #faces #mouths #archives #police #physiognomy #eyes #bertillonage #art #publicdomain

Interesting free assets: "Flag Pack" https://kenney.nl/assets/flag-pack

#gamedev #indiedev #gameart #publicdomain

Dou Hu in *Manor of the Strongman* (ca. 1900), from One Hundred Portraits of Peking Opera Characters.

Source: The Metropolitan Museum

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/7494b2bb-1685-4650-8e54-b809c5d3c022

#masks #costumes #theatre #china #opera #fashion #art #publicdomain

Illustration by Kumataro Ito, from Notes and Description of Specimens Collected on the Philippine Expedition of the Steamer Albatross (ca. 1908).

Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Biodiversity Heritage Library

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/456d94cb-2289-405b-be0e-25b4886c827d

#aquatic #gastropods #nudibranchs #art #publicdomain

Two children wearing sailor outfits playing with a balloon tethered to a Russian battleship. (1904–5) by Kobayashi Kiyochika, from Nihon banzai hyakusen hyakushō.

Source: Library of Congress

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/1fca9bee-aed8-4edf-99cd-e536bda03522

#balloons #propaganda #russia #japan #cartoons #war #art #publicdomain

The Comic Natural History (1851) by Henry L. Stephens, from The Comic Natural History of the Human Race.

Source: The Metropolitan Museum

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/a870aa6c-d273-4ef1-9910-33e75b6a599c

#anthropomorphism #eggs #caricatures #animals #birds #human-animal-hybrid #art #publicdomain