Revivo Images

Collection includes drawings of fauna, anatomical studies of humans and horses, lavish vases, medical instruments, skeletons and humorous sketches.

Images date mostly from the 18th century with a few drawings from the 16th century and more recent creations. Works are produced on paper using pencils and watercolours.

Engraving and etching techniques are prevalent as well. Author list includes Andreas Vesalius, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, George Stubbs, William Heath and many more.

1. Visit https://wellcomecollection.org/.
2. Choose ‘Collections’.
3. Enter a word (e.g. book) and click ‘search’.
4. Now you can remove this word and continue exploring the collection.
Please note, the website is still in development so many functionalities are currently not working.

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Not all digital scans in this collection are under an open licence. Open licence is applied only to those digital scans where the original work is believed to be in the public domain in the UK (and most of European countries). Where digital scan is under an open licence, it is available to be downloaded in high resolution.

The website is in development and currently there is no filter to find images by open licence.

You need to check each image individually:

1. Go to the image page
2. Scroll down and check if below the ‘Download’ button you can see ‘Public domain’ notice

More information by the provider:
Wellcome Images

Most of the original works in this collection, which are under an open licence and available to download in high resolution, are in the public domain in the European countries.

Wellcome Collection is in the UK. and guided by UK copyright law. It applies open licence to digital scans where original works are believed to be in the public domain in the UK (and most of the European countries).

How to double check this?

The website is in development and currently there is no filter to find images by dates.

You need to check each image individually:

1. Go to the image page
2. Identify all the authors and contributors
3. Find the death date of the last living author (dates are available)
If the last living author has passed away more than 70 years ago, most likely, his/her works are in the public domain in most of the European countries.

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However, if you intend to use images for commercial purposes you might want to do additional checks to assess any risk.

Please note, it is always your personal responsibility to make sure the original work is out of copyright in all countries where you distribute your new creative works. The supplier of the digital scan cannot guarantee this.

Wellcome Collection website is in development. Please check this section later.

1. Go to the image page.
2. Click on a magnifying glass.
3. Once an image is opened in a new image viewer, you can:

zoom in/out
flip

Go to the image view. Here you can find:

authors and contributors
subject
licence information
credit line

1. Go to the image page.
2. Find ‘Download’ button.
3. This will give you 2 options:

full size
small (760 px)

4. A new page will open where you can save the image on your desktop.

Artist name, Title, Date. Wellcome Collection. Open licence (e.g. CC0 ) + a link

Share your new creative works using hashtag #RevivoStories#WellcomeCollection #WellcomeLibrary @ExploreWellcome @WellcomeLibrary!

Attribution guidelines are based on goodwill. They are not legally binding, but they are a secret way how to:
– Say ‘thank you’ to the most friendly for creators museums, archives and libraries.
– Encourage the release of new open collections for creativity.
– Inform and equip your fellow creators with new powers.