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.
6 illustrations
A section through a domed observatory reveals a long telescope upon a tall central support.
Four tall bands of light and dark markings stand side by side against a black field.
A dark circular disc interrupts an irregular pale corona against an almost black sky.
Dark regions and narrow connecting markings cross a rectangular grid of longitude and latitude.
Three labelled forms curve away from a shared point, contrasting a narrow upper arc with a broad fan of lower lines.
A circular track and radiating lines pass among figures, animals and named stars on an illustrated constellation map.
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