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Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 172x200, 1958x2282, 644x750, 979x1141 | Haunted Chest of DrawersLa Vie Parisienne (1863) At first I thought this chest of drawers was a robot, although in 1865 that seemed unlikely. It has a face made from places where there would normally be drawers: two eyes and a mouth, and a nose and [...] Keywords: spooky, haunted, furniture, faces, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2026-02-28 + S K L |
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1194x2532, 354x750, 597x1266, 94x200 | Thomas William Crackfort is cut into six piecesLa Vie Parisienne (1863) A man, or possibly a marionette or puppet, hangs by the head from a bolt fastened to a wall above, various body parts loose showing the wire or string that connected them. Thomas William Crackfort est [...] Keywords: spirits, ghosts, execution, puppets, marionettes, sketches, spooky, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2026-03-23 + S K L |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 168x200, 1920x2288, 960x1144 | Sounding the ironsThe Leisure Hour (1896) Some two dozen men are waiting in an archway leading back to prison cells as a guard, in French uniform of the eighteenth or early nineteenth century bends with a hammer to check the manacle and chai [...] Keywords: prisons, prisoners, fetters, chains, slaves, slavery, arches, people, men, guards, leg-irons, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2026-03-29 + S K L |
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| 1011x1400, 144x200, 506x700, 758x1050 | 145.—St. Justin and Alphonso I of Ferrara (Moretto)Sacred and Legendary Art (1890) St. Justina is shown here with the unicorn, representing chasitity or virginity. The original painting by Bonvicino of Brescia (Il Moretto) was in Venice. This is the St, Justina of the Belvedere. Sh [...] Keywords: saints, mythical creatures, unicorns, people, religion, iconography, greyscale Places shown: Ferrara; Emilia-Romagna; Italy Added: 2013-03-28 + S K L R N |
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1024x768, 1280x1024, 1600x1200, 1920x1080, 1920x1200, 248x200, 320x568, 640x480, 768x1024, 800x600 | Kneeling unicornSacred and Legendary Art (1890) A unicorn with beard, mane and horn kneels, looking to the right. This is a detail from Fig. 145, St. Justin and Alphonso I of Ferrara. Keywords: unicorns, mythical creatures, backgrounds, wallpaper, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2013-03-28 + S K L |
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1069x675, 1440x900, 1680x1050, 316x200, 801x506 | Gate at KarnakTravels Around the World (1873) [Karnak] is the most imposing ruin in the world, devastated sadly, but not in a heap of débris. The ruins cover an area of nearly two miles in circumference. Was there one symmetrial structure, dedica [...] Keywords: temples, entrances, gates, ancient egypt, greyscale Places shown: Karnak; Egypt Added: 2007-03-27 + S K L R N |
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100x84, 1307x1104, 1743x1472, 2324x1962, 237x200, 735x621, 980x828 | 59.—Screw Press.Elementary Mechanics, Including Hydrostatics and Pneumatics. Revised edition (1882) A lever and an inclined plane may be combined together into a screw-press, the incluned plane being coiled up into a spiral or screw-thread (fig. 59). For every complete revolution of the lever, the [...] Keywords: machinery, screws, knobs, diagrams, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2008-10-29 + S K L |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 155x200, 1866x2408, 581x750, 933x1204 | At the Wine FestivalModerne Kunst in Meister-Holzschnitten Band I (1887) The title given to this painting, Moselblümchen, can refer to a swet blend of wine from the Mosel region in Germany, or it can refer to a traditional folk dress worn at wine festivals in the same regi [...] Keywords: women, girls, people, suggestive, wine, goblet, costumes, poverty, wreaths, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2026-05-31 + S K L |
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123x200, 394x642, 528x860, 704x1147, 939x1529 | 149.—St. Cecilia (Raphael).Sacred and Legendary Art (1890) Saint Cecilia here stands in an old-fashioned dress and pleated apron, barefoot, with a music book and flute or recorder on the ground; she holds a hand-organ and aso has a tamborine or shaker and may [...] Keywords: religion, saints, iconography, christmas, xmas, music, people, women, bare feet, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2012-12-08 + S K L |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1114x1319, 169x200, 627x742, 836x990 | 60.—Chinese Capstan.Elementary Mechanics, Including Hydrostatics and Pneumatics. Revised edition (1882) A pulley is often used in conjunction with a capstan, the rope passing round a pulley attached to the weight, and the mechanical advantage of the capstan is thereby doubled. Moreover, the free end of [...] Keywords: machinery, diagrams, wheels, pulleys, steampunk, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2010-08-02 + S K L |
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Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1057x1443, 146x200, 446x609, 595x812, 793x1082 | Title page for ConcordanceGeneva Bible Scans (1581) The title page for two concordances printed after the end of the New Testament in this 1581 Bible. The first was a table of words and names, the second more exegetical. My copy of this bible is missin [...] Keywords: page images, typography, religion, title pages, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2012-06-17 + S K L |
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100x100, 200x200, 2102x2085, 296x293, 300x300, 394x391, 526x521, 64x64, 701x695, 746x760 | Initial Letter T With Naked PeopleGeneva Bible Scans (1581) This decorative initial was printed on the back of the title page of the “Whole Booke of Psalmes” to start the introduction. I am guessing the to figures are Adam and Eve, although at first I thought [...] Keywords: initials, lettert, nudity, people, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2009-01-11 + S K L |
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1167x1210, 1556x1614, 193x200, 2075x2152, 657x681, 875x908 | 61.—Wheel and axle comined with a screw.Elementary Mechanics, Including Hydrostatics and Pneumatics. Revised edition (1882) A wheel and axle may be combined with a screw, as shewn in the contrivance of fig. 61. When the handle is turned, the screw-thread on its axle sends the cog-wheel forward one tooth for every revolutio [...] Keywords: machinery, screws, diagrams, wheels, knobs, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2009-01-04 + S K L |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1000x563, 1280x720, 1600x900, 1920x1080, 2560x1440, 355x200, 3840x2160 | 62.—Chepstow from the bridge.History of Wales (1853) An engraving of Chepstow castle from (I think) the bridge over the River Wye. There is also a cropped version showing just the Welsh castle, suitable for 4:3 aspect ratio screens such as ipads and man [...] Keywords: castles, water, battlements, ruins, towers, trees, water, boats, people, widescreen, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale Places shown: Chepstow; Monmouthshire; Wales Added: 2014-03-28 + S K L R N |
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1024x768, 1600x1200, 2048x1536, 267x200, 640x480, 800x600 | Chepstow Castle, 4:3 cropped versionHistory of Wales (1853) This is a detail from the Chepstow From the Bridge engraving, sized suitably for a background. Keywords: castles, water, battlements, ruins, towers, trees, water, boats, people, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale Places shown: Chepstow; Monmouthshire; Wales Added: 2014-03-28 + S K L R N |
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