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
Four broad red divisions turn around a dark central point, with orange and yellow streaks crossing their surfaces.
Six wedge-shaped sectors gather red, green, yellow and violet strokes around a small bright centre.
A pink circular centre sits within tightly packed rings of red, yellow, green and blue.
Golden-orange forms radiate like overlapping petals around a dark central opening.
Blue and violet sections spread outward from a dark central ring.
Closely spaced bands build a circular field around a small dark opening.
A small golden rosette occupies the centre of a much larger circular field.
Coloured centres, planetary signs and inscriptions cover a standing human figure within a rectangular border.
Coloured wheels are placed over the head and torso of a standing figure.
An anatomical profile shows the head, spinal cord and branching nerves, with selected regions marked in red.
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