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The Public Domain Review

Founded in 2011, The Public Domain Review is an online journal and not-for-profit project dedicated to the exploration of curious and compelling works from the history of art, literature, and ideas.

19th Century Lithographs of the Extraordinary Mammals of Australia

April 27, 2021December 30, 2020 by The Public Domain Review
Southern hairy-nosed wombat

John Gould’s Mammals of Australia (1845–63)   In 1838, the English ornithologist John Gould set sail for Australia with his …

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A Fanciful Collection of 18th Century Illustrations of Animals

December 11, 2020 by The Public Domain Review
Jacques de Sève leopard illustration

From 1749 to his death in 1788, the Comte de Buffon composed thirty-six volumes of his monumental Histoire naturelle, générale …

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12 Beautiful 19th Century Watercolors of Wildlife

October 13, 2020July 17, 2020 by The Public Domain Review
Quagga plains zebra

The Bestiarium of Aloys Zötl (1831-1887) These beautiful watercolors come from the Austrian painter Aloys Zötl’s Bestiarium, a series of …

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10 Intricate Jellyfish Illustrations from the 19th Century

June 14, 2021July 13, 2020 by The Public Domain Review
Peromedusae

The German biologist Ernst Haeckel was fascinated by medusae, the umbrella-shaped animals commonly called jellyfish. For Haeckel, whose imagination was …

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10 Stunning 19th Century Great Barrier Reef Illustrations and Photos

July 23, 2020July 1, 2020 by The Public Domain Review

Images from William Saville-Kent’s The Great Barrier Reef of Australia (1893) While naming and arranging corals in the Natural History …

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20 Exquisite 16th Century Watercolors of Medicinal Plants

September 18, 2020May 27, 2020 by The Public Domain Review
16th century illustrations of medicinal plants

These wonderful full-page watercolor illustrations are from a 16th-century edition of Pedanius Dioscorides’s work on herbal medicine, De Materia Medica. …

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These 19th Century Illustrations Depict the Beauty of Bugs

August 25, 2020May 13, 2020 by The Public Domain Review
Jean-Henri Fabre Beetle Illustration

This article and collection of exquisite insect illustrations by Jean-Henri Fabre is from The Public Domain Review, an online journal …

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