A woman uses a hand cranked battery charger to charge her electric car. 1912.

 

A woman uses a hand cranked battery charger to charge her electric car. 1912.

Public Domain Review‏ @PublicDomainRev Jul 25

On vacations in the Swiss Alps, psychoanalysis in Zurich, and collecting William Blake's work: https://publicdomainreview.org/collections/william-blake-and-paul-mellon-the-life-of-the-mind/ …

 

Public Domain Review‏ @PublicDomainRev Jul 21

The secret history of Holywell Street, home to Victorian London’s epicentre of erotica and smut: https://buff.ly/2LgDnXI

"Thackerayana" — a remarkable compendium of nearly 600 doodles made by Vanity Fair author William Makepeace Thackeray, who was born #onthisday in 1811: 

https://buff.ly/2JwnTu0  #OTD

Short-eared owl in cherry blossom, an illustration from Numata Kashu's beautiful Pictorial Monograph of Birds (1885). More scans from the book over at @rawpixelimages — https://www.rawpixel.com/board/434892/pictorial-monograph-birds?sort=curated&rating_filter=all&mode=shop&page=1 …

Hidden face in a landscape by the great Bohemian etcher Wenceslaus Hollar, who was born #onthisday in Prague in 1607. More eyes in the hills here:  

https://publicdomainreview.org/collections/the-art-of-hidden-faces-anthropomorphic-landscapes/ … #OTD

Tobacco Club, a painting by Abraham Teniers from the mid-17th century. Singerie — from the French for “Monkey Trick” — is a genre of art in which monkeys are depicted mimicking human behaviour. More mischievous monkeys here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collections/the-singerie-monkeys-acting-as-humans-in-art/ … pic.twitter.com/9zDfocGBxh

An allegory of the continent America, pictured riding atop an armadillo, from a late 16th-century Dutch print:

https://buff.ly/2KyXSiX