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.
5 illustrations
A pale writer bends over a manuscript while a larger face watches from a bed amid sweeping spectral forms.
A dark column forms the vertical stroke of an illustrated initial beside a seated figure reflected in water.
A large W rises above two figures, one bending towards the other on the ground.
A sombre face emerges beside a violin whose body follows the lower curve of a curling design.
Franz leans over a violin case with both hands directed towards its lid, while a pale, sweeping apparition rises behind him.
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