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Home page pictures
- Flaxman Odyssey Ulysses and his dogJohn Flaxman Jr., 1835, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- Gustave Doré - Dante Alighieri - Inferno - Plate 9 (Canto III - Charon)Gustave Doré, Originally 1857, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- 1896?, The ingenious gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha, The windmillsAdolphe Lalauze, circa 1896, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- A view of the eastern portico of the Parthenon - Stuart James & Revett Nicholas - 1787James Stuart / Nicholas Revett, 1794, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- Loddiges 456 Olea europaea drawn by W MillerWilliam Miller, 1820, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, by Abraham Ortelius, World, 1572Abraham Ortelius, 1572, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- Walnut veneer (diffuse texture), toned and cropped for the headerPoly Haven (scanning and processing by Rico Cilliers, Charlotte Baglioni, Dimitrios Savva, Jenelle van Heerden, Amal Kumar, Rob Tuytel, Dario Barresi), 2026, CC0 1.0, via Wikimedia Commons