Costumes Parisiens: Grande robe du soir from Journal des Dames et des Modes (1913) fashion illustration in high resolution… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/2818240/free-illustration-image-beach-seaFree Image from public domain license
Meteorology: atmospheric effects. Coloured engraving by J. Emslie, 1846, after himself. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13955690/image-cloud-person-artFree Image from public domain license
Geography: two rotating discs (volvelles) showing the times at different places compared to London, and the constellations… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13957564/image-paper-space-artFree Image from public domain license
Hokusai's The Great Wave at Kanagawa (1760-1849) vintage Japanese Ukiyo-e woodcut print. Original public domain image from… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/7661110/image-art-vintage-public-domainFree Image from public domain license
Geography: two rotating discs (volvelles) showing the times at different places compared to London, and the constellations… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13963241/image-person-space-artFree Image from public domain license
The Wreck of the Reliance (November 12, 1842) by George Baxter https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8973178/the-wreck-the-reliance-november-12-1842-george-baxterFree Image from public domain license
Vasa Parrot (Coracopsis) colored wood-engraved plate by Alexander Francis Lydon. Digitally enhanced from our own 1884… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/10238984/image-vintage-illustrationFree Image from public domain license
A hydrogen balloon flying high above the clouds with the sun shining on it. Coloured wood engraving. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13969774/image-cloud-sunset-artFree Image from public domain license
The Glorious Defeat of the French Fleet under the Command of Marshal Conflans, off Belle-Isle, on the 20th of November… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/9201600/image-clouds-vintage-oceanFree Image from public domain license
Geography: Montmorenci Falls, seen from close by. Coloured engraving by G.K. Richardson, 1840, after W.H. Bartlett. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13969634/image-person-tree-artFree Image from public domain license
H.M.S. Dreadnought, a hospital ship, being broken up for salvage at Chatham Naval Dockyard, Kent. Wood engraving, 1875. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13967337/image-person-art-skyFree Image from public domain license
Geography: rapids in North America. Coloured wood engraving by C. Whymper. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13966105/geography-rapids-north-america-coloured-wood-engraving-whymperFree Image from public domain license
Idus-Carp (Cyprinus Idus) from Ichtylogie, ou Histoire naturelle: génerale et particuliére des poissons… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/938594/cyprinus-idusFree Image from public domain license
Fishermen in their skiffs with a wave about to crash down on them, Mt Fuji in the background. From the series ‘Thirty-six… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/7665456/image-background-art-vintageFree Image from public domain license
Telescope (Cyprinus macrophthalmus) from Ichtylogie, ou Histoire naturelle: génerale et particuliére des… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/938881/cyprinus-macrophthalmusFree Image from public domain license
Blue Shark (Squalus Glaucus) from Ichtylogie, ou Histoire naturelle: génerale et particuliére des poissons… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/938523/squalus-glaucusFree Image from public domain license
Map of the United States of America, the British provinces, Mexico, the West Indies and Central America, with… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8907240/image-art-vintage-borderFree Image from public domain license
Physical Geography. chart comparing lengths of selected rivers and heights of selected mountains, from General Atlas Of The… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/9975785/image-person-art-vintageFree Image from public domain license
Journal of a cruise made to the Pacific Ocean / by Captain David Porter, in the United States frigate Essex, in the years… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13962933/image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain license
Map of the United States of America, the British Provinces, Mexico, the West Indies and Central America, with… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8905660/image-vintage-border-goldFree Image from public domain license
Geology: various geological phenomena. Coloured engraving by J. Emslie, 1852, after himself. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13957715/image-cloud-person-bookFree Image from public domain license
Possession Bay in South Georgia, southern Atlantic Ocean. Engraving by S. Smith, 1777, after W. Hodges, 1775. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13954281/image-cloud-art-skyFree Image from public domain license
Map of the United States of America, the British provinces, Mexico, the West Indies and Central America, with… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8907826/image-vintage-border-handFree Image from public domain license
Fishermen in their skiffs with a wave about to crash down on them, Mt Fuji in the background. From the series ‘Thirty-six… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/7635325/image-background-art-vintageFree Image from public domain license
The Brave Captain Tyrrill in the Buckingham of 66 Guns and 472 Men, Defeating the Florissant, Aigrette & Atalante, Three… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/9205324/image-clouds-vintage-oceanFree Image from public domain license
Geography: visitors at Niagara Falls. Coloured wood engraving by C. Whymper. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13953216/geography-visitors-niagara-falls-coloured-wood-engraving-whymperFree Image from public domain license
New Inventions of Modern Times Nova Reperta, The Discovery of the Establishment of the Longitudes, plate 16 by Jan Collaert I https://www.rawpixel.com/image/9186065/image-public-domain-stradanus-vintage-oceanFree Image from public domain license
Geography: eroded rocks in the sea. Coloured wood engraving by C. Whymper. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13969986/geography-eroded-rocks-the-sea-coloured-wood-engraving-whymperFree Image from public domain license
Military School, West Point, New York: panoramic view. Coloured engraving by Fenner Sears & Co., 1831. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13966775/image-cloud-plant-treeFree Image from public domain license
Martha Gunn, a Brighton bather holding a small child that she has just saved from drowning. Coloured engraving by W. Nutter… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13953834/image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain license
Blue-striped Gilt-head (Sparus vittatus) from Ichtylogie, ou Histoire naturelle: génerale et particuliére des… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/938646/sparus-vittatusFree Image from public domain license
Sharp Nosed-Ray (Raja Oxyrinchus) from Ichtylogie, ou Histoire naturelle: génerale et particuliére des… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/938457/raja-oxyrinchusFree Image from public domain license
Norham Castle, plate 57 from Liber Studiorum by Joseph Mallord William Turner https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8990260/norham-castle-plate-from-liber-studiorum-joseph-mallord-william-turnerFree Image from public domain license
The Great Sea-Serpent When First Seen From H.M.S Daedalus from The Sea, Its Stirring Story Of Adventure, Peril & Heroism… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/571410/ship-the-oceanFree Image from public domain license
Argus (Anthias Argus) from Ichtylogie, ou Histoire naturelle: génerale et particuliére des poissons… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/938698/anthias-argusFree Image from public domain license
Bodianus Aya from Ichtylogie, ou Histoire naturelle: génerale et particuliére des poissons (1785–1797)… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/938764/bodianus-ayaFree Image from public domain license
A View of the Fort of Iionpoor [Fort of Firuz Shah Tughluq, Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh, 1360] upon the Banks of the River Goomty… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12038634/image-cloud-art-skyFree Image from public domain license
A new map of the English empire in America : viz Virginia, New York, Maryland, New Jarsey, Carolina, New England… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/9495951/image-art-vintage-public-domainFree Image from public domain license
The Monmouth of 64 Guns, taking the Foudroyant a French Man of War of 84 Guns on the 28th of Feb. 1758 in the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/9492459/image-clouds-moon-artFree Image from public domain license
Brain: dissection showing the gyri, seen from above. Coloured line engraving by W.H. Lizars, ca. 1826. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13970624/image-art-ocean-seaFree Image from public domain license
Geology: an outcrop of basalt columns by the sea. Engraving by J. Chapman. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13961050/geology-outcrop-basalt-columns-the-sea-engraving-chapmanFree Image from public domain license
Geography: coral reefs, in the tropics. Coloured wood engraving by C. Whymper. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13955374/geography-coral-reefs-the-tropics-coloured-wood-engraving-whymperFree Image from public domain license
Journal of a cruise made to the Pacific Ocean / by Captain David Porter, in the United States frigate Essex, in the years… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13969747/image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain license
Grace Darling rowing out to sea in a furious storm. Colour wood engraving by E. Evans after C.J. Staniland. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13953001/image-person-art-oceanFree Image from public domain license
Geography: monsoons at sea, with rain. Coloured wood engraving by C. Whymper. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13954365/geography-monsoons-sea-with-rain-coloured-wood-engraving-whymperFree Image from public domain license
The War in Egypt: hoisting invalids on board a hospital ship. Wood engraving. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13964971/the-war-egypt-hoisting-invalids-board-hospital-ship-wood-engravingFree Image from public domain license
Palace Hotel, Market and New Montgomery Sts., S.F. by Carleton Watkins https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14258070/palace-hotel-market-and-new-montgomery-sts-sf-carleton-watkinsFree Image from public domain license
H.M.S. Dreadnought, a hospital ship, being towed to the breakers by tugs. Wood engraving by T. Williams, November 1872. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13958574/image-cloud-person-artFree Image from public domain license
A young peasant girl from the Vendée by Charles Milcendeau https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14262921/young-peasant-girl-from-the-vendee-charles-milcendeauFree Image from public domain license
General Sea Bathing Infirmary, Margate, Kent: with floor plans and key. Line engraving by Darton & Harvey. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13954620/image-paper-ocean-seaFree Image from public domain license
A whale stranded on the coast at Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk; five men in the foreground, ship in the background. Wood… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13957442/image-background-person-artFree Image from public domain license
World atlas from The Practical Teaching of Geography. Atlas, Maps, Texts and Questionnaires... Elementary Course (1878).… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/572662/the-globe-vintage-drawingFree Image from public domain license
Hawken's-Fish (Gymnetrus Hawkenii) from Ichtylogie, ou Histoire naturelle: génerale et particuliére des… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/938693/gymnetrus-hawkeniiFree Image from public domain license
Hind (Perca Guttata) from Ichtylogie, ou Histoire naturelle: génerale et particuliére des poissons… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/938982/perca-guttataFree Image from public domain license
Streaked Grunt (Anthias striatus) from Ichtylogie, ou Histoire naturelle: génerale et particuliére des… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/938842/anthias-striatusFree Image from public domain license
Thornback (Raja clavata) from Ichtylogie, ou Histoire naturelle: génerale et particuliére des poissons… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/938610/raja-clavataFree Image from public domain license
Gold-Fish (Cyprinus Auratus) from Ichtylogie, ou Histoire naturelle: génerale et particuliére des poissons… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/938992/cyprinus-auratusFree Image from public domain license
The big sea serpent from Un-Natural History Not Taught In Bored Schools, etc published by Simpkin, Marshall & Co. (1883).… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/571801/strange-aquatic-creature-vintage-artworkFree Image from public domain license
John's Grunt (Anthias Johnii) from Ichtylogie, ou Histoire naturelle: génerale et particuliére des poissons… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/938818/anthias-johniiFree Image from public domain license
Hold Fast flag from The Last Franklin Expedition With Fox, Capt. McClintock (1860) published by Carl Petersen. Original from… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/573135/nautical-vintage-flagFree Image from public domain license
Bodian (Bodianus Bodianus) from Ichtylogie, ou Histoire naturelle: génerale et particuliére des poissons… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/938687/bodianus-bodianusFree Image from public domain license
Loss of the Schooner 'John S. Spence' of Norfolk, Virginia, 2d view-Rescue of the Survivors by Thomas Birch https://www.rawpixel.com/image/11932731/image-cloud-person-artFree Image from public domain license
Costumes Parisiens: Costume de bain (1913) fashion illustration in high resolution by George Barbier. Original from The… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/2820166/free-illustration-image-barbier-beach-art-decoFree Image from public domain license
Prickly Bottlefish (Diodon orbicularis) from Ichtylogie, ou Histoire naturelle: génerale et particuliére des… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/938774/diodon-orbicularisFree Image from public domain license
Lighthouse collection from Circular relating to Lighthouses, Lightships, Buoys, and Beacons (1863) published by Alexander… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/571380/vintage-lighthouse-setFree Image from public domain license
Vintage European style ship engraving from Strange yet True: interesting and memorable stories retold by James Macaulay M.D.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/556405/vintage-ship-illustrationFree Image from public domain license
Middle-Pinned Flying-Fish (Exocoetus Mesogaster) from Ichtylogie, ou Histoire naturelle: génerale et… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/938928/exocoetus-mesogasterFree Image from public domain license
Vintage European style ship illustration from The Young Voyager by Michel Möring (1853). Original from the British… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/556499/vintage-boat-illustrationFree Image from public domain license
Turret-Porter (Ostracion Turritus) from Ichtylogie, ou Histoire naturelle: génerale et particuliére des… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/938839/ostracion-turritusFree Image from public domain license
Ola-Fish (Scomber Gladius) from Ichtylogie, ou Histoire naturelle: génerale et particuliére des poissons… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/938730/scomber-gladiusFree Image from public domain license
Bleu-Fish (Coryphaena coerulea) from Ichtylogie, ou Histoire naturelle: génerale et particuliére des poissons… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/938614/coryphaena-coeruleaFree Image from public domain license
Male-Salmon (Salmo Salar Mas) from Ichtylogie, ou Histoire naturelle: génerale et particuliére des poissons… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/938844/salmo-salar-masFree Image from public domain license
Merra (Epinephelus Merra) from Ichtylogie, ou Histoire naturelle: génerale et particuliére des poissons… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/938757/epinephelus-merraFree Image from public domain license
Round Diodon (Diodon Hystrix) from Ichtylogie, ou Histoire naturelle: génerale et particuliére des poissons… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/938682/diodon-hystrixFree Image from public domain license
Old-Wife (Balistes Vetula) from Ichtylogie, ou Histoire naturelle: génerale et particuliére des poissons… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/938731/balistes-vetulaFree Image from public domain license
Long File-Fish (Balistes maculatus) from Ichtylogie, ou Histoire naturelle: génerale et particuliére des… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/938856/balistes-maculatusFree Image from public domain license
Cape Pine, Newfoundland from Circular relating to Lighthouses, Lightships, Buoys, and Beacons (1863) published by Alexander… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/572766/lighthouse-vintage-drawingFree Image from public domain license
Toadfish (Tetrodon Testudineus) from Ichtylogie, ou Histoire naturelle: génerale et particuliére des poissons… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/938609/tetrodon-testudineusFree Image from public domain license