Illustration by W. W. Denslow, from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900).

Source: Library of Congress

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/9aecd3e5-73c9-410f-b0f5-4dbd5a31f38f

#water #art #publicdomain

From Compendium rarissimum totius Artis Magicae sistematisatae per celeberrimos Artis hujus Magistros (ca. 1775).

Source: Wellcome Collection

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/4a66a6ce-60af-4657-bdc7-55c8880d813b

#beelzebub #cabbalistic #demons #occultism #rituals #demonology #magic #art #publicdomain

Illustration by Samuel Fallours, Louis Renard, from Poissons, Ecrevisses et Crabes (1754).

Source: Ernst Mayer Library / Biodiversity Heritage LibraryInternet Archive

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/2fcbcb9d-b858-4d8e-87fa-cfb963a035b6

#pescatology #nature #fish #patterns #art #publicdomain

Illustration by Charles Hinton, from The Fourth Dimension (1904).

Source: University of Toronto Libraries / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/98c47b7a-4c26-4b4b-9fe2-a04d8d9aa24c

#mathematics #spacetime #cubes #physics #geometry #tesseracts #art #publicdomain

Little Horn of Leaves Which Covers Their Faces (1921) by Jean de Bosschère, from Weird Islands.

Source: California Digital Library / Internet Archive

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/6be5534d-89d4-4f53-a330-b39ffc56c730

#exploration #travel #hats #leaves #art #publicdomain

Illustration by Karl Blossfeldt, from Urformen der Kunst (1928).

Source: Rijksmuseum

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/e4a9cc9b-37a8-4ab3-9fda-b9845d1604d3

#nature #decorations #ornament #ornaments #plants #art #publicdomain

On the way to the sacred places on the mountain (1917) by Lewis Larsson, John D. Whiting.

Source: Library of Congress

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/ce520045-4d44-460d-b9ac-ef3dab8291a5

#judaism #mountains #stereographs #religion #israel #holy-land #rituals #hebrew #holidays #palestine #sacrifice #bible #art #publicdomain

Partial Eclipse of the Moon (1882) by Étienne Léopold Trouvelot, from The Trouvelot Astronomical Drawings.

Source: New York Public Library

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/8893e6ab-b388-4c23-9824-5a242670afb3

#trouvelot #moon #moths #eclipses #astronomy #lunar #celestial #art #publicdomain

The French People Overwhelming the Hydra of Federalism (ca. 1790s) by Villeneuve.

Source: Musée Carnavalet / Paris Musées

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/ee665507-3ab1-4cde-bd16-78b3f30e3abc

#electricity #colossus #hercules #frankenstein #hydras #galvanism #revolution #mythology #monsters #art #publicdomain

John; Satan and Christ; the Annunciation (ca. 1330), from The Holkham Bible Picture Book.

Source: British Library

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/bb99cc5f-517b-4121-a39d-185fc787d4f3

#halos #wings #manuscripts #angels #christianity #bible #art #publicdomain