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.
9 illustrations
Several figures gather on a high rocky shore and look towards a sailing ship in the distance.
Children gather on snow-covered ground beside a building.
A lighthouse stands above steep rocks surrounded by breaking water.
A seated adult and a child rest among a dense flock of sheep and goats.
A European visitor holds a small sphere before a group of Indigenous figures in a wooded shelter.
A woman and two children gather beside a grave beneath the spreading branches of a tree.
An older seated woman attends to a child while several family members gather around them.
A group of men and women mourn on a raised terrace beside great architectural columns.
A child extends a shallow dish towards a bird perched high on a tree trunk.
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