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
A pale crowned face emerges above red feather-like wings and a large white disc marked with a curling spiral.
Angular red wings spread from a pale face into a field of yellow and blue rays.
A small cross hovers over a pale blue face, with fine blue lines spreading into the yellow space around it.
A tall pale figure is enclosed within dark blue wings whose tips rise above the head.
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