I may have been living under a rock on this one, but did you know the New York Public Library has an amazing Digital Gallery? The Digital Gallery provides free and open access to over 685,000 images digitized from the The New York Public Library's vast collections, including maps, vintage posters, rare prints, photographs and more. I found out about the Digital Gallery after finally watching Design by the Book, a collaborative video series between Design*Sponge, the New York Public Library and several great artists. Check out the must watch series here.
Some of my favorites from the gallery included elegant and beautiful vase drawings, floral sketches and butterfly specimen prints. Aren't they fantastic? The inspiration seems endless and might be my new obsession!
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
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Those vase drawings are exquisite! I only had a very quick look at the Digital Gallery, but I'll definitely be taking a better look now that I know there's such wall-worthy goodies in there!
Oh I know - don't you want to frame them?!
very cool- will have to check it out!
What an excellent find. Thank you for sharing these, I'm going to have to carve out some time to really explore!
I didn't actually know about this... thanks!
i must have been under that rock with you! thanks for the link.
Wow - I didn't know about this - thanks for the tip!!
floral illustrations has always been one of my fav prints! the beautiful vases print arew so lovely too!
I didn't know this, I love the butterflies. xoxo
Amazing! I love each and every one. I could spend hours and hours browsing old botanical and nature illustrations...
now that is a great find.
it's an incredible collection. i love these, especially the top two.
very neat! i am going to check it out now- thanks :)
the library of congress is working on getting all their stuff digitized. it is worth a peek when you have a free moment!
these are so cool!!!! i am going to have to check it out, STAT!!!!!!
I had no idea! THANK YOU!!
I did not know, but this is fabulous! I'm bookmarking the page and I can see myself spending a whole afternoon looking at them.
o.m.g.
there goes my entire afternoon...
xoh
THose are beautiful prints... LOVE LOVE LOVE them... especially the first two.
I think I figured this out!
Very nice!
knew about it, but of course forgot about it ( i would forget my head if it wasn't attached) thanks for the reminder!
I must have been under a similar rock, what a find! And I love those wallpapers in your last post too
: )
I LOVE the NYPL... it's amazing! xoxox
Wow, thanks for sharing! Great news for those of us who don't live in NY! xx
What gorgeous nostalgia! Your picks and vintage appreciation always make me happy when I visit.
The butterflies are gorgeous!
what a great inspirational source! I have to check it out...
aaa! so awesome! totally bookmarked!
I didn't know about this - thanks so much for sharing the tip!
oh..it's all so pretty! especially the butterflies.
i'm a lil bit late to the game on this one, but i love these vase drawings! something about them reminds me a bit of art nouveau. might be the colours, or the style of design on the vases... or i might be completely off my rocker.
either way, i like 'em.
I love the old maps...LOVE!
what a cool find! I'm going to be looking through these for hours now!
I must check it out! Those botanical prints are beautiful.
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