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Front Cover, Pied Piper of Hamelin

Der Rattenfänger von Hameln: Eine Aventiure (Berlin, 1890)

By Wolff, Julius

Status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

Total items from this source: 6

Last updated: 2026-04-14

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Into the cellar, into the dungeon!

Initial letter J with piper and rats

A giant wooden statue of a warrior with shield and sword

Prisoner Chained in the Dungeon

Imploring the moon from th castle courtyard

Front Cover, Fabiola

Fabiola, or, the Church of the Catacombs (Tours, 1887)

By Wiseman, Nicholas Patrick, Cardinal

Status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

Total items from this source: 14

Last updated: 2025-05-17

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Burning the scrolls

Fig. 41.—Un loculus ouvert. (A loculus, or Roman tomb, open.)

Mediaeval Torture Instruments

Watching, Waving Man

Decorative initial letter “D” with lady and saint and birds

Front Cover

The Old Peabody Pew (Boston and New York, 1907)

By Wiggin, Kate Douglas

Status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

Total items from this source: 3

Last updated: 2011-01-07

Sitting in the pew

Holly Wreath

Front Cover, Gilbert White’s Selbourne

The Natural History of Selborne (London, 1879)

By White, The Rev. Gilbert

Status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

Total items from this source: 14

Last updated: 2013-09-08

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Title Page (Natural History of Selborne)

The Brown Owl (Syrnium Aluco).

Beech.

The Black Grouse

Wych Elm.

Ancestral Homes of Noted Americans (London, 1915)

By Wharton, Anne Hollingsworth

Status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

Total items from this source: 12

Last updated: 2006-06-27

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Penshurst Place, Kent

Cells at town hall, Boston, England, where the Pilgrim Fathers were confined

Austerfield Church

Methley Hall, Yorkshire

The Post-Office at Penshurst

Front Cover, The Charm of Oxford

The Charm of Oxford (London, 1920)

By Wells, J.

Status: stock image royalty-free for non-commercial uses only, usage credit required

Total items from this source: 8

Last updated: 2013-06-30

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II.—Brasenose College Quadrangle and St. Mary’s Spire

XXIV.—Wadham College, The Hall Interior (greyscale version)

XXIV.—Wadham College, The Hall Interior

Title Page from The Charm of Oxford

IV.—Sheldonian Theatre, etc., Broad Street

Die Holzschnitte des Petrarca-Meisters zu Petrarcas (1532)

By Weiditz, Hans, the Younger

Status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

Total items from this source: 2

Last updated: 2018-01-18

Vintage Signs of the Zodiac from Woodcuts

Ointment of the Zodiac

A Painter’s Anthology (London, 1924)

By Watts, Arthur

Status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

Total items from this source: 6

Last updated: 2018-05-03

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Girl at prayer

Methought what pain it was to drown

Blow, Blow, thou winter wind

Shepherd Boy

Barn Owl

Universal Classic Manuscripts Vol II (Washington and London, 1901)

By Warner, George F., M.A.

Status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

Total items from this source: 2

Last updated: 2017-09-27

Ornate and Pretentious Title Page

Charles Dickens: Letter Written the Day before His Death

South Wales and the Wye District of Monmouthshire (London, 1892)

By Ward, C. S. and Baddeley, B. A.

Status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

Total items from this source: 4

Last updated: 2006-08-12

Pembroke Castle (Plan)

Old Advert: 13: National & Station Hotel; Glenalbyn Hotel; Melrose hotels

Old Advert: 12: Drumnadrochit Hotel at Lochness

Map: River Wye, Chepstow, etc.

Front cover from Electric Lighting for Marine Engineers

Electric Lighting for Ships (London, 1892)

By Walker, Sydney F.

Status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

Total items from this source: 13

Last updated: 2009-04-10

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Fig. 72.—Author’s Main Switch—Bent Spring Pattern.

Fig. 73.—English Shopper Switch

Fig. 27.—Switchboard.

Fig. 61.—Guarded Portable Lamp Fitting.

Fig. 95.—Showing Edison-Swan Ampère Meter.

The Book of Ceremonical magic: A Complete Grimoire (London, 1911)

By Waite, Arthur Edward

Status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

Total items from this source: 3

Last updated: 2015-06-13

1. The Seal of Baal

6. The Seal of Valefor.

2. The Seal of Agares

Front Cover, Homer’s Odyssey

Homer’s Odyssy7 (Leipzig, 1895)

By Voss, Johan Heinrich

Status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

Total items from this source: 4

Last updated: 2026-08-02

Chapterhead for Opening of Chapter One of Homer’s Odyssey

Title page from Homers Odyssey

Withdrawal from Troy

Il Museo Pio Clementino (Rome, 1792)

By Visconti, Ennio Quirino

Status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

Total items from this source: 2

Last updated: 2012-06-02

Heraldic Crest and Symbols of Art

Heraldic Crest and Symbols of Industry

Fabrica... (Basel, 1543)

By Vesalius, Andreas

Status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

Total items from this source: 14

Last updated: 2014-11-28

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p. 650, showing page layout

18. Five Skulls

Decorative initial letter T with cherubs hanging a wolf

606. The quivering brain.

Initial letter “Q” from p. 650

Contributed Images (2004)

By Various

Status: copyright by the respective artist or artists and must not be reproduced in any form witout permission

Total items from this source: 25

Last updated: 2011-02-04

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Chiddingfold, Surry (hand-coloured version)

Kisses Kept (wrathman)

york winchester (sasquatch123456)

Liam’s oldbooks collection (skin242)

Lost in Egypt (Avalokita)

Front Cover with Gryphon

Spécimen Album (Paris, 1900)

By Various

Status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

Total items from this source: 6

Last updated: 2012-04-26

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Victorian Retro-Goth Book Cover With Gryphon and Gold Border

Outer border

Inner Victorian Foliated Border

Double Border

Outer Victorian Foliated Border in Brown

Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, Vol. LXXIII. (New York, 1886)

By Various

Status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

Total items from this source: 1

Last updated: 2011-12-24

General Sullivan’s House

Jugend Magazine, January 1900, Front Cover

Jugend [German art magazine] (Munich, 1900)

By Various

Status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

Total items from this source: 24

Last updated: 2026-01-23

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Le Baiser (The Kiss)

Festoon or Garland of Roses

Panik! Panik!

Venus danced for Apollo

castle medallion with ribbons

Jugend [German art magazine] (Munich, 1903)

By Various

Status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

Total items from this source: 10

Last updated: 2026-01-14

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On the Lower Rhine

Persina

Snow White

Art Nouveau Border with ivy leaves and face.

An imp or devil or demon laughing and pointing