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| From Tortoises, terrapins, and turtles, London, Paris, and Frankfort :H. Sotheran, J. Baer & co.,1872. |
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Smithsonian Magazine: "You Can Now Download 150,000 Free Illustrations of the Natural World"
Monday, February 17, 2020
Online Trove of Natural History Images
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Biodiversity Heritage Library on Flickr
Smithsonian Magazine: "You Can Now Download 150,000 Free Illustrations of the Natural World"
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These images painstakingly created by naturalists for scientific purposes can be rightly considered as art. The settings, and surrounding colouration are to mind aesthetic choices and parallel modern photography in magazines such as the National Geographic.
How amazing!
So can you copy these in paintings you make to sell? I don't mean copy the whole plate as is, but say I need a turtle in a fairytale scene - can I copy one of these and stick it somewhere in my picture?
nmsgwatercolors, yes, there should be no issue in copying these, as everything before about 1923 is in the public domain.
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