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.
8 illustrations
A woman bends forward beside a group of children in a domestic interior.
A man lies on a low board beneath a pile of heavy stones while a crowd gathers around him.
Four views of old houses are enclosed in separate ornamental frames.
A distressed figure lies or crouches before a tribunal while the surrounding crowd raises hands and turns towards the judges.
An exterior view of a timber house is placed above a bedroom interior.
George Peabody sits in a formal dark coat with a small book resting in one hand.
A broad fireplace occupies the back wall of a low-ceilinged room.
Glass display cases extend along both sides of a long museum room.