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Illustration by Charles Mavelot, from Nouveau livre de differens cartouches, couronnes, casques, supports et tenans (1695).
Source: The Getty / Internet Archive
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/713e2d35-17d0-4b7a-bfa9-0bbce3a20a26
#initials #maritime #mermaids #decorative #calligraphy #heraldry #design #art #publicdomain
Notre Dame (1910) by Paul Signac.
Source: Art Institute Chicago
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/174bc44e-c34c-473e-ad5c-2f57d67d9822
#painting #fire #rivers #clouds #notre-dame #cityscape #bridges #architecture #boats #paris #art #publicdomain
Skoltesame (ca. 1881) by Charles Rabot.
Source: Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/32faed30-6671-403a-9769-ae1bad7bc059
#arctic #norway #shelter #beards #landscapes #art #publicdomain
From The Champion Text Book on Embalming (1897).
Source: Harold B. Lee Library at Brigham Young University / Internet Archive
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/e66cfe6c-cfb8-4bcf-b635-732200d00616
“Juno demisit...” (1857), from The Principles of Grammar.
Source: Library of Congress
Available to buy as a print.
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/da05c7eb-d44c-4724-ab78-5114e0df46d3
#diagrams #schematics #education #language #pedagogy #words #linguistics #trees #grammar #syntax #writing #art #publicdomain
Southern Celestial Hemisphere (1660) by Andreas Cellarius, from Harmonia Macrocosmica.
Source: Stanford University Libraries
Available to buy as a print.
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/f1c68175-7df7-4b34-a1cf-e6ad0d873d49
#maps #astrology #cartography #zodiac #planets #orbits #astronomy #universe #cosmology #celestial #constellations #art #publicdomain
Two Unknown Women (1840–60).
Source: MKG Collection Online
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/0ee0b362-4ab7-4c7f-ab5e-5784db40e252
Chu Biao in *The Bala Temple* (ca. 1900), from One Hundred Portraits of Peking Opera Characters.
Source: The Metropolitan Museum
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/b7dc0c0e-d3d4-4fcc-a8a2-ebff09e85dd8
#costumes #theatre #china #opera #fashion #art #publicdomain
Plate 30, Echinidea (1904) by Ernst Haeckel, from Kunstformen der Natur.
Source: Library of Congress
Available to buy as a print.
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/a02d751e-7812-4b18-9856-c7de374c0434
#sea-urchins #marine-biology #radial #art #publicdomain
L. continues to fly on, & is joined by some friendly geese. (1860) by Edward Lear, from A Walk on a Windy Day.
Source: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/01701190-0ff6-4194-a16c-b51d71f281c3
