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 tall inscribed obelisk rises above broken masonry and a rough foreground ledge.
A slender outlined shaft stands upon a pedestal and a stepped base, with measurements set beside their different widths and heights.
Four tall elevations stand side by side, each carrying a different arrangement of hieroglyphic inscriptions.
A seated Osiris faces a royal figure accompanied by the falcon-headed Horus, with a standing goddess at the opposite side.
Egyptian figures fill a long sequence of wall surfaces that turn in and out of a chamber.
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