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ARTICLE: Ben Breen AKA @resobscura on John White’s 16thC watercolors & the mystery of the Lost Colony http://t.co/8EtMmNxy #publicdomain http://t.co/8EtMmNxy Posted on April 24, 2012 at 06:29PM....
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The Book of Topiary (1904), on the noble art of verdant sculpture http://t.co/yWZCfKp3rC pic.twitter.com/KHKgHgQ4Dv — Public Domain Review (@PublicDomainRev) February 27, 2014 from...
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NEW ESSAY: "Victorian Occultism & the Art of Synesthesia" by @ResObscura http://t.co/thKXAB4jnl pic.twitter.com/1gsEqTM1bZ — Public Domain Review (@PublicDomainRev) March 19, 2014 from...
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How one man in 1882 imagined life in 2000. Including, of course, the ubiquitous flying car http://j.mp/1v3l33h http://j.mp/1oRY09O — Public Domain Review (@PublicDomainRev) June 12, 2014 from...
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New Essay: Scurvy and the Terra Incognita, Jonathan Lamb on a peculiar effect on the senses http://j.mp/1E9h346 http://pic.twitter.com/wEES84JjOS — Public Domain Review (@PublicDomainRev) May 6, 2015...
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Frontispiece to a piece of early-science fiction from 1894, A Journey in Other Worlds: http://j.mp/1C936m8 http://pic.twitter.com/67JSo8IGVZ — Public Domain Review (@PublicDomainRev) June 15, 2015 from...
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In 1883 a distant eruption made Europe's skies blaze, inspiring poets & artists alike: http://j.mp/1H6V6Ev http://pic.twitter.com/bzK45nLR7a — Public Domain Review (@PublicDomainRev) July 7, 2015...
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Tired? Angry? French #daguerreotype from 1852. See more highlights from @thegetty here: http://j.mp/1L8Do8S http://pic.twitter.com/bvXo6lPbZD — Public Domain Review (@PublicDomainRev) October 2, 2015...
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Telepathy with fish from 1886. More in our latest essay "Worlds Without End" – http://j.mp/1OSfalq http://pic.twitter.com/hrnFV523uz — Public Domain Review (@PublicDomainRev) December 9, 2015 from...
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A frigid January scene from the Très Riches Heures, a 15th-century manuscript: http://j.mp/1NpWzrs http://pic.twitter.com/ahZ96cUvZT — Public Domain Review (@PublicDomainRev) January 18, 2016 from...
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Satirical map from 1870 showing #Europe in crisis, on brink of Franco-Prussian war: http://j.mp/28SF4sV http://pic.twitter.com/VcrhyvpB5Y — Public Domain Review (@PublicDomainRev) June 23, 2016 from...
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Odilon Redon died 100 yrs ago #onthisday. Read @colindickey on arguably his greatest work http://j.mp/29n9Is3 http://pic.twitter.com/C2F5yYM4vQ — Public Domain Review (@PublicDomainRev) July 6, 2016...
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Collection of anthropomorphic landscapes, 16th-19th century. Featuring work by Kircher, Hollar, and Arcimboldo: http://j.mp/2dtcxvo http://pic.twitter.com/gXWGpJqE6R — Public Domain Review...
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"November" from the 15th-century Très Riches Heures. Pigs are shown feeding from the autumn harvest of acorns: http://j.mp/2evtwtF http://pic.twitter.com/aYPfn5KzVq — Public Domain Review...
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Butterfly's tongue magnified x50, one of many stunning images from a 1904 book of "photomicrographs". More here: http://j.mp/2kNQ3bQ http://pic.twitter.com/k10kJGU2IG — Public Domain Review...
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"What We See Ghosts With" – from Vaught’s Practical Character Reader (1902). See more here: http://j.mp/2kVmP6Y http://pic.twitter.com/pQptL9kW1H — Public Domain Review (@PublicDomainRev) February 1,...
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Man clutches a newspaper with "Fake News" writ across its front, from an 1894 illustration. More here: http://j.mp/2m58B7Y http://pic.twitter.com/B5D7vqVRzu — Public Domain Review (@PublicDomainRev)...
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Martian handwriting, written by the medium Hélène Smith and collected by a psychology professor in 1897: http://j.mp/2natUlE http://pic.twitter.com/sPp6O9jM9e — Public Domain Review (@PublicDomainRev)...
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Dante and Beatrice before the eagle of Justice. More mesmerising art from the Divine Comedy: http://j.mp/2oIx4he http://pic.twitter.com/Afd5xn97tE — Public Domain Review (@PublicDomainRev) April 24,...
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The emblem book of English poet, pamphleteer, and satirist George Wither, who died #onthisday in 1667: http://j.mp/2psCfoc #OTD http://pic.twitter.com/YAu1dlhjrT — Public Domain Review...
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