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
Dark branches frame a layered valley of steep mountains, low cloud and winding water.
A darkly dressed man sits beneath a suspended vision of a pale woman held by another male figure.
An elongated pale face appears among flowers, small figures and intricate ornamental forms.
An elaborately dressed woman stands on a landing above two curved gondola prows.
Grotesque diners sit around a table that seems to float above a dark field of winding lines.
Concentric streams of fine marks spiral towards a black centre.
A long-haired woman stretches her arms into a starkly divided field of black and white.
Two richly patterned figures turn in opposite directions within a garden of immense flowers.
A tall, bandaged figure stands in a dark doorway beside a great clock.
An immense wall of closely drawn trees rises above a small illuminated opening near the bottom of the image.
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