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.
7 illustrations
Three figures raise their hands towards a larger dark-robed figure, with a richly patterned wall behind them.
Small figures and wild animals appear at different points along a steep, winding rocky path.
Christ, carrying a cross staff, reaches towards a haloed figure followed by a close group emerging from darkness.
Two circular details isolate faces from crowded groups, one captioned Dante and the other Beatrice.
Dante and Beatrice appear twice beneath a radiant sun and a band of zodiac animals: below among clouds, then above within a field of flame.
A radiant Christ bearing a cross appears above groups of saints and angels in a field of stars.
Concentric petal-like compartments form a white rose around a small central circle.
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