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Herman LeRoy. - Public domain book scan / drawing

Herman LeRoy. - Public domain book scan / drawing

Public domain illustrated book page scan, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The King's district of the City of Kurreechane, in the Marootzee Country

The King's district of the City of Kurreechane, in the Marootzee Count...

Public domain image of 17th-18th-century architecture, palace, castle, historical city building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship hull, port, harbor, water way, maritime architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship hull, port, harbor, ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a ship, docks, navy, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Van Tassel house, the resident of Washington Irving, Esq.

Van Tassel house, the resident of Washington Irving, Esq.

Public domain scan - 18th-century landscape print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Scenes of everyday life and trade in Colonial America. Alexander Anderson scrapbooks

Scenes of everyday life and trade in Colonial America. Alexander Ander...

Public domain photograph of cabinet, furniture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Text with placemarkers and rubric.  Miniature of men drinking.

Text with placemarkers and rubric. Miniature of men drinking.

Public domain scan of a medieval illuminated manuscript page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

New York City Hospital - Public domain dedication image

New York City Hospital - Public domain dedication image

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in New York City, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Market Man - Two drawings of a man and a woman

Market Man - Two drawings of a man and a woman

Public domain image of a mythological scene, classic mythology, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Text in narrow column, flanked by images of God addressing Eve and the Serpent.  2-line initials, placemarkers, linefillers, fol. 7v

Text in narrow column, flanked by images of God addressing Eve and the...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, 14th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Transport d'une voiture démontée [above]; Convoi de café. Marchandes de café brûlé [below].
The Babylonian ambassadors - Wonders of the Ancient World
Text with rubric and placemarkers.  Miniature of David climbing a tower.

Text with rubric and placemarkers. Miniature of David climbing a towe...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated book page, 14th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

ohn Hoey's Garden, Long Branch. Stereoscope card. New Jersey,

ohn Hoey's Garden, Long Branch. Stereoscope card. New Jersey,

Public domain image of a mythological scene, classic mythology, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Scenes of daily life in Colonial America. Alexander Anderson scrapbooks

Scenes of daily life in Colonial America. Alexander Anderson scrapbook...

Public domain photograph related to music, performing arts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Karta Novoi Zemli Gerrita de Fera 1598g. Str.15

Karta Novoi Zemli Gerrita de Fera 1598g. Str.15

Public domain image of a vintage map, geography atlas, maritime navigation, age of discovery, 16th-17th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

City Hall. - A drawing of a large building with a clock tower

City Hall. - A drawing of a large building with a clock tower

Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Hommage à la Liberté - A painting of a group of people standing around a fountain

Hommage à la Liberté - A painting of a group of people standing around...

Public domain image of a French military uniform, Napoleonic Wars, armed forces, France, revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Frances Hodgson Burnett in her English garden

Frances Hodgson Burnett in her English garden

Public domain scan of newspaper clippings, periodicals, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Trinity Church - A drawing of a horse drawn carriage in front of a church

Trinity Church - A drawing of a horse drawn carriage in front of a chu...

Public domain image of a historic building, 16th, 17th, 18th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Slave state, Free state
Vereenigde Provincien der Nederlanden. Trommelslager der Hollandsch Guardes. 1752

Vereenigde Provincien der Nederlanden. Trommelslager der Hollandsch Gu...

The collection by the Dutch physician H. J. Vinkhuijzen (1843-1910). 19th-century European infantry.

Habit of the mufti, or chief priest of the Turks, in 1749. Le moufti.

Habit of the mufti, or chief priest of the Turks, in 1749. Le moufti.

Public domain image of a 18th-century fashion, costume design, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Eastern triclinium, or set of dining-couches

Eastern triclinium, or set of dining-couches

Public domain reproduction of art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Princess Ann Hotel and Boardwalk, Va. Beach, Va.

Princess Ann Hotel and Boardwalk, Va. Beach, Va.

Picryl description: Public domain photo of vintage Virginia postcard, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Vereenigde Provincien der Nederlanden. Tambor, Hollandsche Guardes. 1750

Vereenigde Provincien der Nederlanden. Tambor, Hollandsche Guardes. 17...

The collection by the Dutch physician H. J. Vinkhuijzen (1843-1910). 18th-19th-century European armies.

Représentation d'un combat de gladiateurs, donnée par des femmes, a Rome.

Représentation d'un combat de gladiateurs, donnée par des femmes, a Ro...

Public domain image of Rome, Italy, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Clinton Hall - Public domain dedication image

Clinton Hall - Public domain dedication image

Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Military uniforms: Infanterie Regiment Oranje Gelderland.  1775

Military uniforms: Infanterie Regiment Oranje Gelderland. 1775

The collection by the Dutch physician H. J. Vinkhuijzen (1843-1910). 18th-19th-century European armies.

Picryl description: Public domain image related to an industrial revolution, 19th century industry, factory, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Picryl description: Public domain image related to an industrial revol...

Public domain image with Picryl description as title Public domain photograph of painting, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Aaron the high priest - Public domain portrait engraving

Aaron the high priest - Public domain portrait engraving

Public domain reproduction of art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sebald Beham - Wedding at Cana - A drawing of a group of people sitting around a table

Sebald Beham - Wedding at Cana - A drawing of a group of people sittin...

Public domain scan - 17th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

An Indian village of the Manhattans, prior to the occupation of the Dutch

An Indian village of the Manhattans, prior to the occupation of the Du...

Public domain scan of an art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Clothed man stands facing camera, shortened right leg encased in brace, with his right foot resting on an artificial foot.  His left arm rests on a decorative column.

Clothed man stands facing camera, shortened right leg encased in brace...

The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates a glossy surface to h... More

Birds eye view of New York and environs

Birds eye view of New York and environs

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a historic city, cityscape, street view, buildings, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Greenough's Marble Statue of Washington. Memorials and Monuments, 19th century Washington DC.

Greenough's Marble Statue of Washington. Memorials and Monuments, 19th...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Ertinger Franz - Télémaque - A drawing of two women in a garden

Ertinger Franz - Télémaque - A drawing of two women in a garden

Public domain image of painting, 17th-18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Giovanni Battista Piranesi - Parte di ampio magnifico Porto.

Giovanni Battista Piranesi - Parte di ampio magnifico Porto.

Public domain photo of Italian art print, 18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Danse des noirs sur la place du gouvernement

Danse des noirs sur la place du gouvernement

Public domain image, 18th-19th century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

A north west view of Westminster Abbey and St. Margaret's Church.

A north west view of Westminster Abbey and St. Margaret's Church.

Public domain image of a historic building, 16th-17th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Building with two towers, under construction

Building with two towers, under construction

Public domain image of Egyptian art, free to use, no copyright restrictions photo - Picryl description

Communipaw, New Jersey Art print

Communipaw, New Jersey Art print

Public domain illustrated book page scan, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Medicine Water, and wife Mocchi, with Romeo, the Cheyenne interpreter, in native costume, confined in Fort Marion,  St. Augustine, Florida.

Medicine Water, and wife Mocchi, with Romeo, the Cheyenne interpreter,...

Florida stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker who asse... More

Les heures de la nuit - A drawing of a woman in a fancy dress

Les heures de la nuit - A drawing of a woman in a fancy dress

Public domain photo of vintage French postcard, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

iver View Farm, Res. of Zenus Barnum, Jr., Binghamton TP, Broome Co., N.Y.; Res. of Eli S. Meeker, Hawleyton, Binghamton TP, Broome Co., N.Y.; Res. of D.C. Mc Graw, Seedsman and Florist, Riverside Gardens, Binghamton, N.Y.

iver View Farm, Res. of Zenus Barnum, Jr., Binghamton TP, Broome Co., ...

Public domain scan of 19th-19th century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Washington Headquarters at Newburgh, N.Y. [Side view.]

Washington Headquarters at Newburgh, N.Y. [Side view.]

Picryl description: Public domain image of the back of stereograph card, stereoscopic view, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Ertinger Franz - Pamone - A drawing of a group of people standing in front of a stage

Ertinger Franz - Pamone - A drawing of a group of people standing in f...

Public domain photo of art print, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

William Hogarth - Beer Street - A drawing of a group of people in a street

William Hogarth - Beer Street - A drawing of a group of people in a st...

Public domain image of painting, 17th-18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Visitation, anonymous printmaker, German

The Visitation, anonymous printmaker, German

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, 14ht-15th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description. The Visitation is a scene in the New Testament that depicts the ... More

Mode in which the young Memnon's head, (now in the British Museum,) was removed by Belzoni.

Mode in which the young Memnon's head, (now in the British Museum,) wa...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Egyptian sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

William Hogarth - Paul before Felix Burlesqued

William Hogarth - Paul before Felix Burlesqued

Public domain image of painting, 17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

General view of Chatham St. 1858 looking down from Chatham Square

General view of Chatham St. 1858 looking down from Chatham Square

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in New York City, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Military uniforms: Bataafsche Republiek. Officier Regiment Saksen Gotha.

Military uniforms: Bataafsche Republiek. Officier Regiment Saksen Goth...

The collection by the Dutch physician H. J. Vinkhuijzen (1843-1910). 19th-century European infantry.

Ertinger Franz - Psyché - A black and white drawing of a woman laying on a bed

Ertinger Franz - Psyché - A black and white drawing of a woman laying ...

Public domain photo of art print, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

William Hogarth - Gin Lane - A drawing of a crowd of people in a town

William Hogarth - Gin Lane - A drawing of a crowd of people in a town

Public domain image of painting, 17th-18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

New York. Above title, names of 8 places and buildings, from Jersey City to Brooklyn

New York. Above title, names of 8 places and buildings, from Jersey Ci...

Public domain illustrated book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

View of the house of Simon Aertsen de Hart still standing on Gowanes Bay in 1867

View of the house of Simon Aertsen de Hart still standing on Gowanes B...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in New York City, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Les festes de l'Amour et de Bachus

Les festes de l'Amour et de Bachus

Public domain photo of art print, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Portraits of Carlotta Grisi and M. Perrot: A scene in the ballet, called "Le rossignol," as performed at the King's Theatre

Portraits of Carlotta Grisi and M. Perrot: A scene in the ballet, call...

Public domain image of military forces, cavalry, horses, horseriding, 18th-19th century war, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Northern portion of Gettysburg, with General Hospital in the Distance, from a position near the Seminary.

Northern portion of Gettysburg, with General Hospital in the Distance,...

Public domain photograph of historic place, landmark, 19th-century, vintage travel, landscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Blouses and ensembles, Greece

Blouses and ensembles, Greece

Public domain illustrated book or album page scan, related to architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Statue of Tho's H. Benton St. Louis [by Harriet Hosmer].

Statue of Tho's H. Benton St. Louis [by Harriet Hosmer].

Public domain scan of the back of stereograph card, stereoscopic view, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Habit of a Georgian in 1768. Georgien.

Habit of a Georgian in 1768. Georgien.

Picryl description: Public domain photo of sculpture, Iran, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Charles Cotesworth Pinckney Art print

Charles Cotesworth Pinckney Art print

Public domain illustrated book page scan, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Scene de ballet] - A drawing of a group of people standing in a courtyard

[Scene de ballet] - A drawing of a group of people standing in a court...

Public domain image of painting, 17th-18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Samuel Adams Esq.r. - Public domain portrait engraving

Samuel Adams Esq.r. - Public domain portrait engraving

Public domain scan of portrait art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A view of Florence from the Arno

A view of Florence from the Arno

Public domain photo of Italian landscape, historic place, Italy, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Broadway & Grand Street, N.Y. as it appeared about 1818

Broadway & Grand Street, N.Y. as it appeared about 1818

Public domain illustrated book or album page scan, related to architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

ohn Hoey's Garden, Long Branch. Stereoscope card. New Jersey,

ohn Hoey's Garden, Long Branch. Stereoscope card. New Jersey,

Picryl description: Public domain image of a relief sculpture, monument, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

View of Cape Diamond [Quebec] - Public domain dedication image

View of Cape Diamond [Quebec] - Public domain dedication image

Picryl description: Public domain image of a landscape with water, mountains, and sky, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mexico, 1868-1906. Cavalleria, 1870.

Mexico, 1868-1906. Cavalleria, 1870.

The collection by the Dutch physician H. J. Vinkhuijzen (1843-1910). European armies.

Military uniforms: Waalsche Dragonder. 1781- 1895

Military uniforms: Waalsche Dragonder. 1781- 1895

The collection by the Dutch physician H. J. Vinkhuijzen (1843-1910). European armies.

Collossal hand and torch. Bartholdi's statue of "Liberty."

Collossal hand and torch. Bartholdi's statue of "Liberty."

Public domain scan of the back of stereograph card, stereoscopic view, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Les peines et les plaisirs de l'amour

Les peines et les plaisirs de l'amour

Public domain photograph of textile 3d object, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl Description.

[Ballet à la Cour de Suède] - A drawing of a large room full of people

[Ballet à la Cour de Suède] - A drawing of a large room full of people

Public domain image of painting, 17th-18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Paheri and his wife Henut-er-neheh.

Paheri and his wife Henut-er-neheh.

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Egyptian sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Gilbert Stuart - Paul Revere. - Public domain portrait engraving

Gilbert Stuart - Paul Revere. - Public domain portrait engraving

Public domain photo of man portrait art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description