The Public Domain Review
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Online journal exploring works from the history of art, literature, and ideas. Featuring 300+ essays — ✍️ submissions welcome. Also 900+ prints in our shop!
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The mysterious man-eating Beast of Gévaudan terrorised a region in France 1764–67. One of the first international news stories, the Beast was depicted in a wide range of visions, from the monstrous, to the poodle-esque, to the almost kangaroo-like...
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Illustration from Gaspar Schott's Magia universalis naturae et artis (c. 1658) — the bottom image shows a "cat piano".
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