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.
10 illustrations
Seven cobra heads spread above a coiled serpent, each hood carrying small markings.
Figures, signs and circular forms occupy bordered compartments in a tall manuscript reproduction.
Small human figures and dense groups of signs occupy several stacked registers on a manuscript page.
Two elongated carved figures rise above a sloping foreground, their prominent noses, eyes and narrow bodies shown from different angles.
An ornamented figure occupies a densely carved niche surrounded by curling foliage and smaller decorative forms.
A large circular disc forms the centre of a fan-shaped design surrounded by rays, small round ornaments and curling side pieces.
Two decorated vessels occupy the upper row above two simplified human figurines.
A broad white surge towers behind a dense field of ornate buildings.
A decorated warrior carries a round perforated shield while a feathered serpent curls around and above his body.
Mountains rise behind waterways, exposed structures and a crowded foreground of ruins.
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