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.
5 illustrations
A white-haired man with a short beard faces the camera above a dark bow tie.
Tall parallel basalt columns frame a dark sea-cave opening.
A woman with elaborately arranged hair wears a high-necked patterned dress and a dark necklace.
An elderly man and a woman sit together at a cloth-covered table with papers before them.
Small groups of circles, crossed lines, stars and spirals are arranged as paired diagrams.