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.
10 illustrations
Franz Hartmann faces the camera in a dark waistcoat, tie and light jacket, with his head turned slightly to one side.
A stream descends through a rocky, forested valley beneath a distant mountain marked by a pale cross-like formation.
Helena Petrovna Blavatsky rests her cheek against one hand, with a dark covering framing her face.
A crowned, many-armed Indra sits on an elaborately dressed elephant beneath spreading trees.
A woman stands before a seated man in a submerged chamber ornamented with skulls, bones and strange marine forms.
Small human and animal forms occupy a ring of interlocking compartments around a central figure.
A bearded John Dee wears a close cap and fur-trimmed clothing while holding a globe.
Elizabeth I appears within an inscribed oval frame, wearing an elaborate ruff and strings of pearls.
Annie Besant sits sideways in an armchair with a pen poised above papers on a small writing surface.
Madame Guyon wears a dark veil and looks outward from an oval engraved frame, with her hands resting together below.
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