{"id":1366,"date":"2015-09-09T07:27:31","date_gmt":"2015-09-09T14:27:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/?p=1366"},"modified":"2015-09-09T07:27:31","modified_gmt":"2015-09-09T14:27:31","slug":"the-british-library-publishes-more-than-a-million-public-domain-images","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/09\/the-british-library-publishes-more-than-a-million-public-domain-images\/","title":{"rendered":"The British Library publishes more than a million public domain images"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yes, more than 1,000,000 images!<\/strong>\u00a0You can get it in a steady stream via the\u00a0The Mechanical Curator<\/a>,\u00a0a Tumblr\u00a0blog which hourly posts randomly selected small illustrations and ornamentations. Or you can dive into their Flickr\u00a0photo-ocean<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 I know that Flickr calls it a photostream, but in this case it’s an ocean. It’s organized by album (e.g., musical instruments, architecture, children’s books, cycling, technology, ships …).<\/p>\n

\"Jehan<\/a>
Jehan Froissart, Chroniques – caption: ‘The Peasants’ Revolt in England in 1381. The scene of conflict and the death of Wat Tyler, leader of the peasants by the sword.’
ID: c13647-28
Title: Jehan Froissart, Chroniques
Author: “Froissart, Jehan (Jehan Froissart)”
Provenance:\u00a0Netherlands
Caption: The Peasants’ Revolt in England in 1381. The scene of conflict and the death of Wat Tyler, leader of the peasants by the sword.
Notes: Jehan Froissart, Chroniques
Netherlands, S.; Last quarter of the 15th century, before 1483<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The search function\u00a0is not as helpful as it could be — keywords such as “batarde”, “manuscript book”, and “Netherlands” failed to turn up this image. I found it, instead, by scrolling through the album entitled “Images Online: a selection<\/a>“.<\/p>\n

Still, what\u00a0an incredible resource!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yes, more than 1,000,000 images!\u00a0You can get it in a steady stream via the\u00a0The Mechanical Curator,\u00a0a Tumblr\u00a0blog which hourly posts randomly selected small illustrations and ornamentations. Or you can dive into their Flickr\u00a0photo-ocean\u00a0\u2014 I know that Flickr calls it a photostream, but in this case it’s an ocean. It’s organized by album (e.g., musical instruments, … <\/p>\n

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