Images of Glengariff in County Cork in Ireland from a time that isn’t coming back. Plates from Nathaniel Willis Parker’s 1841 work “The scenery and antiquities of Ireland” which was printed in London. Collections of the Boston Public Library.

sceneryantiquiti02will_0035 — “Glengariff.” Page 28. Collections of and digitalized by the Boston Public Library. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/sceneryantiquiti02will/page/n28/mode/2up

sceneryantiquiti02will_0045 (1) — “Cromwell’s Bridge, Glengariff.” Page 33. Collections of and digitalized by the Boston Public Library. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/sceneryantiquiti02will/page/n33/mode/2up

sceneryantiquiti02will_0041 — “Glengariff Inn.” Page 33. Collections of and digitalized by the Boston Public Library. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/sceneryantiquiti02will/page/n33/mode/2up

How the skies looked at twilight after the eruption of Krakatoa. Chromolithographs taken from watercolors by Eduard Pechuël-Loesche. Plates from Johann Kiessling’s “Untersuchungen über Dämmerungserscheinungen: zur Erklärung der nach dem Krakatau-Ausbruch beobachteten atmosphärisch-optischen Störung” which came out in 1888.

mdp.39015011446054-seq_187 (1) — “Purple Light in Regular Development. (Evening) – South Atlantic Ocean, December 2nd 1884.” Plate 1. Page 187. Collection of the University of Michigan. Google, digitalizing sponsor. In the public domain. via https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015011446054&view=1up&seq=187

mdp.39015011446054-seq_191 — “The Bishop’s Ring (Midday) — after an image by Mr Busch, summer, 1884.” Plate 2, page 191. Collection of the University of Michigan. Google, digitalizing sponsor. In the public domain. via https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015011446054&view=1up&seq=191&size=125

mdp.39015011446054-seq_195 — “Cloud Shadow With Red Diffusion Light During the Disturbance Period. (Midday) — Jena, April 24th 1884.” Plate 3, Page 195. Collection of the University of Michigan. Google, digitalizing sponsor. In the public domain. via https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015011446054&view=1up&seq=195

See more of these wonderful plates here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/studies-on-twilight-phenomena-after-krakatoa

and look out for some posts in the future with more of them-

Images of the Alhambra. A selection from the archives of the National Library of Spain.

Screenshot (432) — “Veduta di un Cortile del Palazzo e dei Bagni degli antichi Re Mori di Granata,” plate from “Lo stato presente di tutti i paesi, e popoli del mondo naturale, politico e morale” which was printed by Giambatista Albrizzi in Venice in 1745. 18th c. Etching. Artist not known. Image © Biblioteca Digital Hispánica. Fair use license. via http://bdh-rd.bne.es/viewer.vm?id=0000062931

Screenshot (426) — “Salón de Embajadores de la Alhambra” (Hall of the Ambassadors), a plate from “Voyage pittoresque et historique de l’Espagne par Alexandre de Laborde,” published in 1812. Engraving by Jean-Lubin Vauzelle. Image © Biblioteca Digital Hispánica. Fair use license. via http://bdh-rd.bne.es/viewer.vm?id=0000019143

Screenshot (430) — “Estanque Real del Patio de la Alhambra de Granada.” 1824. Etching. Felipe Cardano, maker (1778-1824). Image © Biblioteca Digital Hispánica. Fair use license. via http://bdh-rd.bne.es/viewer.vm?id=0000062861

Screenshot (423) — “Sala de las dos Hermanas de la Alhambra” (Hall of the Two Sisters), plate from Voyage pittoresque et historique de l’Espagne par Alexandre de Laborde.” 1812. Louis-Alexandre de Buigne, engraver. Image © Biblioteca Digital Hispánica. Fair use license. via http://bdh-rd.bne.es/viewer.vm?id=0000019141

Designs to copy when you get tired of drawing ordinary doodles while the teacher is talking about boring things. All of them taken from A. Desaint’s “Ideas & Studies in Stencilling & Decorating” which was published in 1927 by C. Griffin & Company in London.

"Colorations." Plate IV, page 40. — “Colorations.” Plate IV, page 40. Collections of and digitalized by the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Library. In the public domain. via https://archive.org/details/ideas00desa/page/n40/mode/1up

ideas00desa_0043 — “Colorations I and II.” Plate V. Page 42. Collections of and digitalized by the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Library. In the public domain. via https://archive.org/details/ideas00desa/page/n42/mode/1up

ideas00desa_0047 — “Colorations I and II.” Plate VII. Page 46. Collections of and digitalized by the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Library. In the public domain. via https://archive.org/details/ideas00desa/page/n46/mode/1up

ideas00desa_0045 — “Colorations I and II.” Plate VI. Page 44. Collections of and digitalized by the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Library. In the public domain. via https://archive.org/details/ideas00desa/page/n44/mode/1up

Flowers in bright colors. Plates from “Birds and Nature” which was published in 1900 by A. W. Mumford of Chicago.

birdsnature831900chic_0029 — “Oswego Tea or Bee Balm” (Monarda didyma), taken from the 1900 work “Nature’s Garden.” Number 353, page 117. Collection of and digitalized by the Smithsonian Libraries. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/stream/birdsnature831900chic#page/117/mode/1up

birdsnature831900chic_0012 — “Wild Columbine” (Aquilegia Canadensis) which was taken from the 1900 work “Nature’s Garden.” Number 356. Page 100. Collection of and digitalized by the Smithsonian Libraries. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/birdsnature831900chic/page/100/mode/2up

birdsnature831900chic_0018 — “Fringed Gentian” (Gentiana Crinita) on left. “Closed or Blind Gentian” (Gentiana andrewsii) on right, both having been taken taken from the 1900 work “Nature’s Garden.” Number 354. Page 106. Collection of and digitalized by the Smithsonian Libraries. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/stream/birdsnature831900chic#page/106/mode/1up

birdsnature831900chic_0023 — “Tall or Giant Sunflower” (Helianthus giganteus) on left. “Black-eyed Susan or Ox-eyed Daisy” (Rudbeckia hirta) on right. Number 355. Page 111. Collection of and digitalized by the Smithsonian Libraries. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/stream/birdsnature831900chic#page/111/mode/1up

Colored woodcuts of Scottish landscapes. Ian Cheyne, artist. Living from 1895 to 1955, he studied at the Glasgow School of Art. All of these in the collections of the National Galleries of Scotland.

GMA 199 — “Hell’s Glen.” 1928. Color woodcut on paper. © The Estate of the Artist Image © National Galleries of Scotland. Fair use license. via https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/15559/0/hells-glen?overlay=download

GMA 3319 — “Glen Cluanie.” 1928. Color woodcut on paper. © The Estate of the Artist Image © National Galleries of Scotland. Fair use license. via https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/15565/glen-cluanie

GMA 200 — “Loch Duich.” 1934. Color woodcut on paper. © The Estate of the Artist. Image © National Galleries of Scotland. Fair use license. via https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/15560/loch-duich?inspire%5B36089%5D=36089&search_set_offset=1

More flower pictures, these of a pochoir print kind taken from Ernest Guillot’s “Fleurs d’après nature” which came out between 1892 and 1901. Meant to be used as designs for embroidery, stained glass, the baby’s bib, etc. etc.

Fleurs_d'après_nature___par_[...]Guillot_Ernest_btv1b52512760g_15 — “Études de mauve, d’OEillet de Chine.” Image 1. Collection of the BnF Gallica, the National Library of France. In the public domain due to age. via https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b52512760g/f15.item

Fleurs_d'après_nature___par_[...]Guillot_Ernest_btv1b52512760g_11 — “Études de Lis, Myosotis et Olivier.” Image 11. Collection of the BnF Gallica, the National Library of France. In the public domain due to age. via https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b52512760g/f11.item

Fleurs_d'après_nature___par_[...]Guillot_Ernest_btv1b52512760g_7 — “Études de Pensées, Mimosas.” Image 7. Collection of the BnF Gallica, the National Library of France. In the public domain due to age. via https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b52512760g/f7.item

"Etudes de Bluets et de Paquerelles." Image 5. — “Etudes de Bluets et de Paquerelles.” Image 5. Collection of the BnF Gallica, the National Library of France. In the public domain due to age. via https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b52512760g/f5.item

Fleurs_d'après_nature___par_[...]Guillot_Ernest_btv1b52512760g_13 — “Études de capucines, et Lierre.” Image 13. Collection of the BnF Gallica, the National Library of France. In the public domain due to age. via b

Visions of Egypt and Nubia a while back in time. Plates from Frederik Ludvig Norden’s “Voyage d’Egypte et de Nubie,” taken from a 1785 edition translated into French from the Danish which was printed in Copenhagen in 1755.

"Vue des chapelles taillées dans le roc, près de la pierre de la chaîne à Tschibel Esselsel." — “Vue des chapelles taillées dans le roc, près de la pierre de la chaîne à Tschibel Esselsel.” Page 427. Collection of the Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève. In the public domain. via https://archive.org/details/4NN359_3/page/n426/mode/2up

"Le dedans d'une grotte à Tschibel Esselsele." a) Statues de grandeur naturelle." Page 430 (detail). — “Le dedans d’une grotte à Tschibel Esselsele.” a) Statues de grandeur naturelle.” Page 430, Figure 1 (detail). Collection of the Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève. In the public domain. via https://archive.org/details/4NN359_3/page/n430/mode/2up

4NN359_3_0430 — “Le dedans d’une grotte à Tschibel Esselsele.” b) Epitaphs de ceux qui étaient enfermes dans cet grotte.” Page 430, Figure 1 (detail). Collection of the Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève. In the public domain. via https://archive.org/details/4NN359_3/page/n430/mode/2up

4NN359_3_0434 — “Vue générale de Komonbu du coté de l’oriente.” Page 435, Figure a. Plate CXXVII. Collection of the Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève. In the public domain. via https://archive.org/details/4NN359_3/page/n435/mode/2up

4NN359_3_0434 — “Les antiquitiés de Komonbu.” Page 435, Figure b. Plate CXXVII. Collection of the Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève. In the public domain. via https://archive.org/details/4NN359_3/page/n435/mode/2up

Colored lithographs from the Brooklyn Sanitary Fair held in 1864 during the American Civil War. Loving the way the streamers and bunting are shown. Three lithographs, each one a little different.

Interior view of the Academy of Music during the 1864 Brooklyn Sanitary Fair, as seen from the dress circle. — Interior view of the Academy of Music during the 1864 Brooklyn Sanitary Fair, as seen from the dress circle. 1864. American. A. Brown and Company, lithographer. Collection of the Library of Congress, ID #2011647801. http://www.LOC.gov. In the public domain due to age. via https://www.loc.gov/item/2011647801/

Brooklyn Sanitary Fair, 1864. — Brooklyn Sanitary Fair, 1864. Lithograph on wove paper. A. Brown and Company, lithographer. Collection of the Brooklyn Museum. In the public domain due to age. vai https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/243

default (1) — 1864 Brooklyn Sanitary Fair, view of the Academy of music, as seen from the stage. 1864. A. Brown and Company, lithographer. Image © Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens. Fair use license. via https://hdl.huntington.org/digital/collection/p16003coll4/id/1952/rec/18

Plates from John L. Stephens’ “Incidents of travel in Yucatan” Volume I, which was published in New York in 1843 long before there were any tourists and when it was nearly all a jungle where very few visitors had gone. The plates being engravings after drawings by Frederick Catherwood.

"Ornaments of the Casa del Gobernador, Uxmal." Page 170. — “Ornaments of the Casa del Gobernador, Uxmal.” Page 170. Collection of the Smithsonian Libraries. Biodiversity Heritage Library, Digitizing sponsor. In the public domain. via https://archive.org/details/incidentsoftrave11843step/page/170/mode/2up

incidentsoftrave11843step_0488 — “Kaba, carved beam of sapote Wood.” Page 456. Collection of the Smithsonian Libraries. Biodiversity Heritage Library, Digitizing sponsor. In the public domain. via https://archive.org/details/incidentsoftrave11843step/page/n455/mode/2up

Monument, Casa del Gobernador, Uxmal. Page 182. — Monument, Casa del Gobernador, Uxmal (detail). Page 182. Collection of the Smithsonian Libraries. Biodiversity Heritage Library, Digitizing sponsor. In the public domain. via https://archive.org/details/incidentsoftrave11843step/page/182/mode/2up

"Eastern Range of building Monjas, Uxmal." Page 338. — “Eastern Range of building Monjas, Uxmal.” Page 338. Collection of the Smithsonian Libraries. Biodiversity Heritage Library, Digitizing sponsor. In the public domain. via https://archive.org/details/incidentsoftrave11843step/page/n338/mode/2up

"Front of Ticul vase" (detail). Page 275. — “Front of Ticul vase” (detail). Page 275. Collection of the Smithsonian Libraries. Biodiversity Heritage Library, Digitizing sponsor. In the public domain. via https://archive.org/details/incidentsoftrave11843step/page/275/mode/2up

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