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.
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A sun occupies the centre of a circular arrangement of signs and compartments.
Three women gather around the thread of life in a reproduction of Paul Thumann’s Three Fates.
A crab occupies the centre of a gridded star chart, with a lion to the left and paired human figures towards the upper right.
A ram stands in dark profile with the Aries sign marked on its flank.
A bull leaps sideways with its legs lifted and the Taurus glyph placed on its flank.
Two human figures sit back to back, each holding a long staff.
A centaur draws a bow above the forward movement of its horse body.
A seated figure holds a staff beneath a long curved scythe blade.
A reclining female figure follows the inner curve of a large crescent moon.
A large lunar disc is filled with craters, ridges and broadly shaded regions.
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