Discover historical illustrations by subject, artist and book.
Creation and rebellion in Blake’s illuminated plates.
Norwegian fairy tales illustrated by Kay Nielsen.
Four colour drawings from a 1908 Gnostic text.
From the dark wood to Paradise with Gustave Doré.
Ethelwynne Quail’s visions of the spirit world.
Art Deco studies of fear by John Vassos.
9 illustrations
A crowned, bearded figure is reflected upside down across a horizontal division within a serpent-shaped oval.
A raised hand with two extended fingers casts a dark parallel silhouette.
A four-armed figure stands on an oval base between a horned animal and a striped feline.
A six-pointed arrangement of triangles surrounds a human face, an eagle, a bull and a lion.
A winged, goat-headed figure sits cross-legged with a flame rising between its horns.
An elaborate lamp carries a triangular crown of flames and branching side lights above a decorated base.
A circular design encloses a triangle, three small rings, crosses and a central sign.
An armoured, crowned figure holds a sceptre beneath a star-covered canopy.
Seven circular emblems are arranged around a cross-shaped field of lettering.
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