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
A seated figure raises one hand towards a great pale shape within the dark field.
Several bald figures bend over large open books while a horned being occupies the centre behind them.
A bearded central figure is pressed among tangled bodies, small faces and elaborate tabletop objects.
A heavily robed man raises one hand while holding his other arm across his body.
An elaborately dressed woman stands above a crowded table, with a small vessel raised near her chest.
A woman in a dark fur-like garment fills the upright composition, her pale sleeves and face sharply separated from it.
A stout seated man bends over a large open volume supported on his lap.
A large seated figure wears a decorated ceremonial costume covered with round ornaments.
An elaborately dressed woman raises both arms over her dark hair.
An animal-headed figure leans over a raised ledge while a pale, elegantly dressed woman appears within the darker space below.
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