a compendium of public domain resources
Just added to the Digital Collections page – The MKG Collection (Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg Steintorplatz Online). MK&G provides digital objects and collections. The collections include primarily photography and graphics collections but promise to update regularly to grow the content. Public domain items are marked and more information in regards to the sites TOS and fair use can be found here.
Source: MKG Collection Online | Frontpage
Artist: Timothy H. O’Sullivan, born Ireland 1840-died New York City 1882
Date: 1865 – Medium: albumen print on paper
Credit Line: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase from the Charles Isaacs Collection made possible in part by the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment
Persistent URL:http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=34339
Repository: Smithsonian American Art Museum
View more collections from the Smithsonian Institution.
Source: Collection of architectonic exterior and interior ornaments for budding master builders and lovers of architecture: Riedel, HC (Henry Carl), 1756-1820: Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming: Internet Archive
(Alcune decorazioni di nobili sale ed altri ornamenti) Some decorations of noble rooms and other ornaments: Albertolli, Giocondo, 1742-1839
Source: Some decorations of noble rooms and other ornaments: Albertolli, Giocondo, 1742-1839: Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming: Internet Archive
![Aubrey Beardsley [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons](/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Aubrey_Beardsley_-_Pierrot_5-1024x744.jpg)
This is not an end-paper, but it is a bonus illustration by Beardsley that I thought was absolutely worth sharing.
![Masquerade By Aubrey Vincent Beardsley (21 August 1872 – 16 March 1898) (http://masterpieceart.net/aubrey-beardsley/) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons](/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Aubrey_Beardsley_-_Masquerade-1024x858.jpg)
I found this incredible photo at AltPhotos.com
At the time of this blog entry, AltPhotos.com has 3,124 photographs on their website. Each photo is tagged very well so that you can find what you need quickly. As you scroll down on the first page, you are immediately aware that you are not at a typical stock photo site.
There is a clear difference between stock photo sites that pump out quantity and photography sites that offer works of art that have been generously released into the public domain. Every once in a while I will randomly pull one of them off the list to let you know why it’s there. Plus it gives me a reason to consume massive amounts of beautiful imagery on a regular basis. Great prescription! Enjoy.
You can find AltPhotos.com and many more public domain photography websites – here.
