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.
4 illustrations
Two robed figures sit facing each other on low stools in an open, fenced space.
Seated figures occupy a wooden interior before a small altar and hanging religious pictures.
A man stands on a rock beside the water with his hands brought together, while companions sit and stand on the stony bank behind him.
A line of pilgrims climbs diagonally across a rocky slope beneath a pale sky.
27 plates
22 plates
4 plates
24 plates
10 plates
10 plates
