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The datasets here represent over a million of the best, directly accessible objects - newspapers, books, photos, art, artifacts, audio clips and more.

Title:
Hands showing the sign language alphabet. Coloured line engraving.
Institution:
Wellcome Collection
Country:
United Kingdom
Copyright:
CC BY
Data Updated: 18 December 2019
Sign Language Alphabet
Creative industries Engravings
Sign languages are completely developed natural languages with their own grammar and lexicon.This means that they are not universal and are not …
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Title:
Voyage Sur Jupiter
Creator:
Chomón, Segundo de
Date:
1909
Institution:
Filmoteca de Catalunya
Country:
Spain
Copyright:
Public Domain
Data Updated: 5 November 2018
Cinema of attraction
Creative industries cinema
From around 1907 to 1913, film makers were seeking to make distinctive images that went beyond everyday life representations. Their curiosity brought …
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Title:
Tre flickor på rad, klädda i likadana folkdräkter. Olika åldrar
Creator:
Gösta Florman
Date:
1864-1871
Institution:
Stiftelsen Nordiska museet
Country:
Sweden
Copyright:
Public Domain
Data Updated: 31 October 2018
Gösta Florman's Folk Costume Photography
Creative industries fashion photography
Gösta Florman (1831 - 1900) worked as a photographer with his own studio in addition to his military career. In 1871 he left the military and acted …
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Title:
Portrait (Miss N.)
Creator:
Gertrude Käsebier
Date:
circa 1903
Institution:
Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg
Country:
Germany
Copyright:
CC0
Data Updated: 8 October 2018
20th century photographs by Gertrude Käsebier
Collections Creative industries photography
Explore the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg’s set of 20th century photographs by Gertrude Käsebier (1852-1934). She was one of the most …
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Title:
Statue of the goddess Hygeia
Creator:
Science Museum, London
Date:
100 BCE - 100 CE
Institution:
Wellcome Collection
Country:
United Kingdom
Copyright:
CC BY
Data Updated: 20 February 2020
Figures throughout history that symbolise the destruction of illness and power of healing
Creative industries statues
This collection of historical statues depicts gods, goddesses and saints of health as well as commoners with medical conditions. The statues …
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Title:
Chinese C18 woodcut: External medicine - Erysipelas
Date:
circa 1742
Institution:
Wellcome Collection
Country:
United Kingdom
Copyright:
CC BY
Data Updated: 1 August 2018
Chinese Medical Illustrations
Creative industries illustration medicine
Explore the Wellcome Collection’s set of Chinese medical illustrations dating from 618-907 (The Tang Period) to the 1700s. They depict human …
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Title:
The malaria mosquito forming the eye-sockets of a skull, rep
Creator:
Abram Games
Date:
circa 1941
Institution:
Wellcome Collection
Country:
United Kingdom
Copyright:
CC BY
Data Updated: 10 September 2018
WWII Medical Posters by Abram Games
Creative industries second-world-war posters
Discover high resolution medical educational posters by the British graphic designer Abram Games (1914 -1996). He served in the British Army …
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Title:
Physalis alkekengi
Creator:
Dr Henry Oakeley
Institution:
Wellcome Collection
Country:
United Kingdom
Copyright:
CC BY
Data Updated: 2 July 2018
Natural remedies from the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London
Creative industries medicinal-plants
Discover more than 300 openly licensed images of plants originating from across the world by Dr. Henry Oakeley at the Medicinal Garden of the Royal …
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Title:
Justitie spande haar wettennet om dieven in te vangen
Creator:
Albert Hahn
Date:
1911-04-22
Institution:
International Institute of Social History
Country:
Netherlands
Copyright:
Public Domain
Data Updated: 11 May 2018 Marijke Everts
Political illustrated magazines and newspapers from the International Institute of Social History
Creative industries illustrations
These openly licensed Dutch political illustrated magazines and newspapers focus on the works of political cartoonist and poster artist Albert Hahn …
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Title:
Shore of Flooded River in Blossom
Creator:
Mednyánszky, Ladislav
Date:
1880-1885
Institution:
Slovak National Gallery
Country:
Slovakia
Copyright:
Public Domain
Data Updated: 25 July 2018 Marijke Everts
Impressionist paintings from the Slovak National Gallery
Creative industries paintings
This openly licensed selection of Impressionist paintings from the late-19th to early-20th century focuses on the works of Ladislav Mednyánszky …
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