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
Demons with mixed animal features seize the limbs and clothing of a bearded saint suspended above a rocky edge.
A dark-robed young figure stands beneath pale faces, elongated candles and sweeping black forms.
A heavy female figure is carried through the air by grotesque companions while a cat raises a parasol above the company.
A radiant starburst tops a vertical sequence of divine names, human faculties, planets and elements ending at the earth.
A seated man in a dark coat remains relatively still amid an active field of winged monsters, distorted faces and curling bodies.
Two tall, robed figures face one another within a richly patterned rectangular frame.
A large hand rests upon a skull at the left of a dark composition.
Small groups of people and fantastic beings occupy a densely arranged scene around a steaming cauldron.
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