CC0 PUblic Domain Three Wise Men in Wood
Here is a nice relief carving of
Three Wise Men, the Magi, traveling to see Jesus.
Source: The Renwick Gallery
1661 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20006
Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM)
Smithsonian Online Collection
©: listed as Public Domain with CC0 license
Here is nice little addition for your Christmas items.
It is a drawing of a Doll with long hair and a Toy Horse under a Christmas Tree.
This can be used for Christmas Gift Tags, Christmas Cards etc.
Along with Christmas themes it can be used in themes of:
Childhood Memories, Doll lovers, Horses (in relation to children),
Vintage, Yesteryear, Antique, Grandparents and other
Nostalgia themes.
Perhaps you have some usage ideas or themes I forgot!
If you would like to share your ideas or or how you used this image;
please feel free to leave a comment below.
Thank you!
Source:
RIJKS Museum
Museumstraat 1, 1071 XX Amsterdam, Netherlands
©: listed as Public Domain with CC1.0 license
More information about CC1.0 can be found here:
https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en
Antique Photograph of a Man Wearing a Top Hat Riding a Horse
This is an antique cabinet photograph of a man wearing a top hat
while riding a horse.
Cabinet photographs are dated about 1860's to 1930's.
They were mounted on heavy card-stock.
(this one is dated about 1890's)
They are called "cabinet photographs" because;
when photography was still somewhat new,
people displayed photographs in cabinets
(mostly in parlors of wealthy home owners).
Photo Source:
RIJKS Museum
Museumstraat 1, 1071 XX Amsterdam, Netherlands
©: listed as Public Domain with CC1.0 license
More information about CC1.0 can be found here:
https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en
This model of a Horse walking was made of pigmented beeswax!
Because the brown horse is outlined nicely,
this walking horse statue is a good starting place for creating silhouettes and stencils.
Source: National Gallery of Art
Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20565
Sited as Public Domain, with
Open Access under CC0 Creative Commons Zero
This silhouette shows Fox Hunters on Horseback.
The Smithsonian has not yet included a high resolution download.
The Smithsonian has listed this image as CC0 so it is in the public domain.
Since it is CC0 you can right click the image (via the hyperlink above) and copy the screen image.
The resulting copy should do fine for online use.
(The image is only 72ppi so will have jagged edges if printed)
I experimented with Windows 10 "Snipping" tool.
(on keyboard press: Windows Key + Shift + S)
I cropped the picture by clicking and dragging the mouse.
A small auto pop-up stated "Snip saved to clipboard. Click here to markup and share the image".
Clicking took me to the "Snip and Sketch" (included in Windows 10).
I clicked the three ellipses on the top right, selected "print",
In the print pop-up I left the defaults alone and hit the "print" button at the bottom.
The resulting print wasn't great, but it wasn't too bad.
The image printed was 6 3/4" x 4 1/2"
I enlarged the image by photocopying and ended up with an image I can use to make a stencil.
Actually, I am more interested in making a stencil of just the trees :)
Source: Smithsonian Online Collection
©: listed as Public Domain with CC0 license
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
2 E 91st St, New York, NY 10128
This would make a neat carousel horse.
With a little photo editing, he will also make a good rocking horse.
Source:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10028
Sited as Public Domain, with
Open Access under the Creative Commons Zero (CC0) license
Three racehorses in a black and white drawing.
The frame around the drawing makes this a nice "art print".
Source:
The Musée Carnavalet
23, rue de Sévigné
75003 Paris
Sited as Public Domain, CC1.0
For more information on CC1.0
Please see
https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Butcher delivering meat on horseback
I'm curious why the butcher's horse has no tail hair.
Maybe the horse stays in a small stall.
Maybe the horse wore it off slapping at flies.
The saddle rack for carrying meat is also interesting.
It appears to be designed so the butcher doesn't have to dismount to make a meat delivery.
It is probably in front of him so he can protect it from any dogs that might want a free sample :)
Wellcome Collection
183 Euston Rd, London NW1 2BE, United Kingdom
©: listed as Public Domain CC mark 1.0
CC Mark 1.0 info can be found here
https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Wonderful little gray Carousel Horse.
This little grey horse has a painted red saddle and a blue blanket.
Carousel Animals go well in themes of Childhood, Boardwalk, Coney Island, Fantasy, and Yesteryear.
Source: National Gallery of Art
Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20565
Sited as Public Domain, with
Open Access under CC0 Creative Commons Zero
With a little editing and perspective change, this Horse would make a fancy parade horse.
I've seen bicycles speeding along around the walls of a ring
(in movies with old carnivals); but,
This gives new meaning to a "lunging ring" for horses.
Source: The Art Institute of Chicago
©: Listed as Open Access, Public Domain with CC0 license
An illustrated page of farm animals including ducks, rooster, dog, and a horse.
Wellcome Collection
183 Euston Rd, London NW1 2BE, United Kingdom
©: listed as Public Domain CC mark 1.0
CC Mark 1.0 info can be found here
https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Cookie Cutters make great sources for Silhouettes and Outlines to use in making stencils.
Rather than trying to draw around edges you can place them on a scanner or copy machine.
Leave the cover up and place a white cloth draped over them and the scanning area.
(*Remember, look away from light or anywhere your peripheral vision can see the light while it scans*)
When they are scanned there will be some shadows but you should still get a good outline.
Place images under plastic stencil material and trace your pattern for cutting out stencil.
Source: Barnes Foundation
©: Listed as Public Domain / CC Mark 1.0 license
CC Mark 1.0 info can be found here
https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Source: Smithsonian Online Collection
©: listed as Public Domain with CC0 license
Below is the image cut down to a single frame.
(also CC0 / Public Domain)
The red coats of this scene add some movement for the eyes.
The dark wine shade of the ground gives some balance and keeps the viewers eyes moving without jumping around the scene.
This would make a great coloring page if it were simplified a little by removing the background
horse in the middle and the two half visible dogs in the center (and maybe the building?).
Source: The Art Institute of Chicago
©: Listed as Public Domain with CC0 license
Source: National Gallery of Art
Sited as Public Domain, with
Open Access under the Creative Commons Zero (CC0) license
A Fantasy Park scene with Horse & Lion
