Private picking gallery — public-domain images + quotes, for Steven to pick the coolest designs. Nothing for sale here. Images are local copies of public-domain originals (published before 1930 in the US); quotes are verbatim from Project Gutenberg texts.
Top 5 by market research
1. Pride and Prejudice — Proven $50–$90 woven blankets selling with 5-star reviews — win with a different quote or Peacock Edition art, not the same Darcy letter.
2. Poe — The Raven — 5,000+ Poe listings; premium blanket / Doré Raven is less crowded than the $10 canvas.
3. Alice in Wonderland — Demand proven, but the exact Tenniel image is saturated as $3 downloads — only enter with the edited / recoloured + quote version.
4. Dracula — 1,000+ listings, mostly film / Lugosi — a book-only castle + Stoker quote is the less-crowded lane.
5. Sherlock Holmes — Loyal niche; Sidney Paget's PD illustrations are underused at premium price.
Lanyon / Potter and Zane Grey have almost no POD competition at all — unique, but unproven demand. Full research: pd-gallery/market-research-2026-11-07.md
Images — 34 to pick from
Mad Tea Party — Tenniel, 18651865 · John Tenniel (1820–1914)Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll), Tenniel illustrations; scan from the 1869 German edition Alice's Abenteuer im WunderlandCheshire Cat Fading to a Smile — Tenniel, 18651865 · John TennielAlice's Adventures in Wonderland, Ch. VI, Plate 24; scan from the 1869 German editionAlice Meets the Caterpillar — Tenniel, 18651865 · John TennielAlice's Adventures in Wonderland, first edition (1865), 'Advice from a Caterpillar'White Rabbit Checking His Watch — Tenniel, 18651865 · John TennielAlice's Adventures in Wonderland, Plate 2; scan from the 1869 German editionDorothy Gazed Thoughtfully at the Scarecrow — Denslow, 19001900 · William Wallace Denslow (1856–1915)The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (L. Frank Baum, Geo. M. Hill Co., 1900), colour plate between pp. 36–37, Ch. III 'How Dorothy Saved the Scarecrow'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz — Title Page — Denslow, 19001900 · William Wallace DenslowThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz (L. Frank Baum, Geo. M. Hill Co., 1900), original title pageThe Raven — Doré, 1884 ("Perched upon a bust of Pallas")1884 · Gustave Doré (1832–1883)The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe, illustrated edition (Harper & Brothers / Sampson Low, 1883 folio, published 1884); 26 steel engravings by DoréEdgar Allan Poe — Hartshorn daguerreotype, 18481848 · W. S. Hartshorn (photographer)Library of Congress 'Famous People' collection, Prints and Photographs Division (reproduction no. LC-USZ62-10610)Frankenstein frontispiece — Theodor von Holst, 18311831 · Theodor von Holst (1810–1844); steel engravingFrankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley, revised edition, Colburn and Bentley, London, 1831 (frontispiece; Victor Frankenstein recoiling from his creation)Dracula's Castle — first American edition cover, 18991899 · Anonymous book illustrator (Doubleday & McClure)Dracula by Bram Stoker, first American edition, Doubleday & McClure, New York, 1899 (cover: castle atop a hill with bats in flight, gilt sun)Sherlock Holmes and Watson — Sidney Paget, 1891 ("The Five Orange Pips")1891 · Sidney Paget (1860–1908)The Strand Magazine, November 1891 — 'The Five Orange Pips' (Watson reads Holmes the latest news about client John Openshaw)The Hound of the Baskervilles — Sidney Paget, 1901 ("Legend of the wicked Hugo")1901 · Sidney Paget (1860–1908)The Strand Magazine, November 1901 — The Hound of the Baskervilles (original caption: 'HE TOOK US TO SHOW US THE SPOT'); page scan from the 1902 Newnes book via archive.orgPride and Prejudice — Thomson, 18941894 · Hugh Thomson (1860–1920)Pride and Prejudice, London: George Allen, 1894 (Peacock edition), Ch. 33 — Elizabeth Bennet in the park at RosingsSense and Sensibility — Thomson, 18961896 · Hugh Thomson (1860–1920)Sense and Sensibility, London: Macmillan and Co., 1896, Ch. 12 — Willoughby cutting a lock of Marianne Dashwood's hairRedouté Rose — Rosa gallica aurelianensis, 18241824 · Pierre-Joseph Redouté (1759–1840)Les Roses by Pierre-Joseph Redouté, Paris, 1817–1824Merian — Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium, Plate 30, 17051705 · Maria Sibylla Merian (1647–1717)Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium, Royal Library of the Netherlands (Koninklijke Bibliotheek) copy, KW 1792 A 19Urania's Mirror — Taurus, 18251825 · Sidney Hall (1788–1831), after Richard Rouse Bloxam; restored by Adam CuerdenUrania's Mirror, plate 17, London, 1825 (with A familiar treatise on astronomy by Jehoshaphat Aspin; Library of Congress digital ID cph.3g10065)Blaeu World Map — Nova et accuratissima totius terrarum orbis tabula, 16641664 · Joan BlaeuLibrary of Congress, Geography and Map Division, item 98687202 (Shelf ID G3200 1664 .B5 TIL)Peter Rabbit — Potter, 19021902 · Beatrix PotterThe Tale of Peter Rabbit, first trade edition, Frederick Warne & Co., October 1902 (cover)Winnie-the-Pooh — Shepard, 19261926 · E. H. Shepard (original Shepard art only — no Disney)Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne, Ch. 10 'In Which Christopher Robin Gives a Pooh Party, and We Say Goodbye', pp. 152–153 — the whole cast at the party table, Pooh front-centreThe Jungle Book — Kipling, 18941894 · John Lockwood KiplingThe Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling, New York: The Century Co., 1894 (Internet Archive scan, IA Book Images Flickr stream) — Mowgli with Bagheera, Baloo, Kaa and the wolves, signed 'JLK'The Wind in the Willows — Bransom, 19131913 · Paul BransomThe Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame, illustrated edition, New York: Scribner, c. 1913 — frontispiece, 'The Piper at the Gates of Dawn' (Pan with Rat and Mole)Little Women — Merrill, 18801880 · Frank T. MerrillLittle Women by Louisa May Alcott, first illustrated edition, Roberts Brothers, 1880, p. 155 — 'Now Miss Jo': Jo and Laurie playing croquetTreasure Island — Wyeth, 19111911 · N. C. WyethTreasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, Scribner's Classics, 1911 — 'One More Step, Mr. Hands' (Jim Hawkins vs. Israel Hands in the rigging)Redouté Rose — Rosa centifolia foliacea, 18241824 · Pierre-Joseph Redouté (1759–1840)Les Roses by Pierre-Joseph Redouté, Paris, 1817–1824, p. 290 (Library of Congress scan)Cattleya intermedia Orchid — Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Plate 3711, 18401840 · Walter Hood Fitch (1817–1892), del.; Swan, sc.Curtis's Botanical Magazine, vol. 66 (N.S. 13), pl. 3711Foxglove — Digitalis purpurea, Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen, Plate 62, 18871887 · Walther Otto Müller (1833–1887)Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen in naturgetreuen Abbildungen, vol. 1, Plate 62 (BHL page 303690; https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/303690)Peony — Paeonia officinalis subsp. microcarpa, Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Plate 1422, 18121812 · Curtis's Botanical Magazine (illustrator uncredited on file page)Curtis's Botanical Magazine, vol. 35, Plate 1422 (BHL page 480900)Male Fern — Dryopteris filix-mas, Moore's Ferns of Great Britain and Ireland, 18571857 · Henry Bradbury (nature-printed); Thomas MooreThe Ferns of Great Britain and Ireland, by Thomas Moore, ed. John Lindley, nature-printed by Henry Bradbury (1855–1857)Fly Agaric — Sowerby, Coloured Figures of English Fungi, t. 2861797–1809 · James Sowerby (1757–1822)Coloured Figures of English Fungi or Mushrooms by James Sowerby (London, J. Davis), plate t. 286; scan via Internet Archive (colouredfigureso00sowe)Haeckel — Orchidae, Plate 74, 19041904 · Ernst Haeckel (1834–1919), lithograph by Adolf GiltschKunstformen der Natur, plate 74: Orchidae (Odontoglossum / Oncidium / Psychopsis orchid varieties)Merian — Pineapple with Cockroach, Plate 2, 17051705 · Maria Sibylla Merian (1647–1717)Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium (Amsterdam, 1705), Plate 2 — pineapple (Ananas) with cockroach; Royal Library of the Netherlands (Koninklijke Bibliotheek) copy, KW 1792 A 19Cattleya amethystoglossa — Curtis's Botanical Magazine, pl. 5683, 18681868 · Walter Hood Fitch (1817–1892), del. et lith.; described by Joseph Dalton HookerCurtis's Botanical Magazine, vol. 94 (Ser. 3 no. 24), plate 5683 (Biodiversity Heritage Library / botanicus.org)Night-Blowing Cereus — Thornton's Temple of Flora, 18071807 · Philip Reinagle (1749–1833), background by Abraham Pether (1756–1812); published by Robert John Thornton (1768–1837)New Illustration of the Sexual System of Carolus von Linnaeus… and the Temple of Flora, or Garden of Nature (London: T. Bensley, 1807), Plate 14 — flower painted by Philip Reinagle, moonlit background by Abraham Pether; scan via NYPL Digital Collections
Quotes — 24 to pick from
Standalone quotes — no image needed. Tag shows the best product fit: blanket, canvas, or hoodie.
“We're all mad here.”
Lewis Carroll · Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, 1865hoodie
“Curiouser and curiouser!”
Lewis Carroll · Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, 1865hoodie
“Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore."”
Edgar Allan Poe · The Raven, 1845canvas
“Once upon a midnight dreary”
Edgar Allan Poe · The Raven, 1845blanket
“It is a truth universally acknowledged”
Jane Austen · Pride and Prejudice, 1813canvas
“There is no enjoyment like reading!”
Jane Austen · Pride and Prejudice, 1813blanket
“Listen to them, the children of the night.”
Bram Stoker · Dracula, 1897canvas
“Beware, for I am fearless and therefore powerful.”
Mary Shelley · Frankenstein, 1818hoodie
“The game is afoot.”
Arthur Conan Doyle · The Return of Sherlock Holmes (The Adventure of the Abbey Grange), 1905hoodie
“When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.”
Arthur Conan Doyle · The Sign of the Four, 1890canvas
“I am no bird; and no net ensnares me”
Charlotte Bronte · Jane Eyre, 1847canvas
“Reader, I married him.”
Charlotte Bronte · Jane Eyre, 1847blanket
“There is no place like home.”
L. Frank Baum · The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, 1900blanket
“I am Oz, the Great and Terrible.”
L. Frank Baum · The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, 1900hoodie
“So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”
F. Scott Fitzgerald · The Great Gatsby, 1925canvas
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times”
Charles Dickens · A Tale of Two Cities, 1859canvas
“To be, or not to be”
William Shakespeare · Hamlet, 1603hoodie
“All the world's a stage”
William Shakespeare · As You Like It, 1599canvas
“There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.”
Jane Austen · Emma, 1815blanket
“Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.”
Emily Bronte · Wuthering Heights, 1847blanket
“I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately.”
Henry David Thoreau · Walden, 1854canvas
“Call me Ishmael.”
Herman Melville · Moby-Dick, 1851hoodie
“God is the potter and man is the clay.”
Walter C. Lanyon · And It Was Told of a Certain Potter, 1917canvas