The Public Domain Review
The Public Domain ReviewA few of the 60+ micrographs found in a mysterious album (1887–88) belonging to Marinus Pieter Filbri. The curlicue of a moth’s antenna, the menacing dagger of a honeybee’s stinger, the architectural gridding of a fly’s eyeball... more here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/marinus-pieter-filbri-microscopy/
The Public Domain ReviewOn St Knut’s Day, January 13th, Finns take to the streets dressed as “nuuttipukit” (draped in goat skins and horns) to procure beer and leftovers after Christmas. Photos from 1928 of the folk tradition here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/nuuttipukki/ #onthisday
The Public Domain ReviewWonderful sketch of “teeth painlessly extracted by steam power” adorning an envelope addressed to a certain Dr J. Chapman of Totton, Southampton, and dated 1894. Was it sent in the mail like this? https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/steam-powered-tooth-extraction-on-an-envelope-1894?utm_content=bufferf9c3c&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer
The Public Domain ReviewHealth advice delivered in the form of song, from the ever cheerful Art of Invigorating and Prolonging Life (1822): https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/the-art-of-invigorating-and-prolonging-life-1822
The Public Domain ReviewAmid the images of swordplay, jousting, and wrestling, some 15th-century “fight books” (Fechtbücher) depict scenes of fierce combat between women and men, the latter stood waist-high in holes or barrels. What was going on? https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/fechtbucher
The Public Domain ReviewImages from Owen Simmons' The Book of Bread (1903), a reference manual for commercial bakeries which includes striking pasted-in silver bromide prints and dazzling chromolithographs of bread. Read the book, and see more of its images, here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/book-of-bread
The Public Domain ReviewVase of Flowers, by Jan Davidsz de Heem, ca. 1660.
De Heem was one of the greatest painters of still lifes in the Netherlands, combining a brilliance and harmony of colour along with an accurate rendering of objects.
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The Public Domain ReviewHappy #TwelfthNight!
Shakespeare's romantic comedy Twelfth Night or What You Will is believed to have been written as an entertainment performed on this date to close the Christmas season. Listen to 3 songs from the play recorded by Victor, circa 1914: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/shakespeare-songs-from-victor-records
The Public Domain Review#SundayReads: Joshua Blu Buhs on Charles Fort and his unique explorations into unexplained phenomena... https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/charles-fort-and-the-book-of-the-damned #longreads
The Public Domain ReviewAn automaton fuelled by tomes of newly available knowledge sweeps away the old society. No, not a self-portrait by ChatGPT in the style of a Georgian satirical print, but one of several “March of Intellect” cartoons published ca. 1828: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/march-of-the-intellect