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
Ring-shaped, triangular, crescent and shell-like objects are arranged across a shaded photographic plate.
A bearded head turns above a broad, decorated cloak in a dark sculpted bust.
A finely modelled profile fills an oval stone or seal with a thick surrounding edge.
A horned devil stands above flames with human figures held against its body.
Robed figures gather around a furnace in an arched room filled with books and vessels.
An armoured knight drives a long weapon towards a coiled dragon beneath trees.
A stag with branching antlers faces a unicorn beneath the trees.
Two lions face one another in a wooded landscape, their raised heads and long tails filling the foreground.
Two canine animals face one another beside a tree, with a river and town beyond.
A crowned figure sits beneath a canopy in an arcaded room while a smaller attendant stands nearby.
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