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.
8 illustrations
An elephant-headed seated figure occupies an ornamental pedestal beneath a radiant oval sacred sign.
Circular and rectangular ground plans appear beneath long architectural elevations.
Seated figures face a central linga-yoni upon an ornamented platform, with curling animal forms extending at the sides.
An Irish round tower rises beside a path and trees in one panel; the other encloses a frontal crowned figure within an oval.
Winged discs, coiling serpents and a relief fragment form several rows of labelled examples.
A linga-yoni rests upon a moulded pedestal beside a tall tapering herm topped by a small horned head.
A broad veined leaf, an open flower and a conspicuous perforated seed head fill the upper part of a comparative plate.
A crowned woman sits upon a large peacock, holding a long musical instrument while an attendant raises a small flag beside her.
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