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 knight on a pale horse pauses beneath a large tree beside a small stone basin.
A knight on a dark horse approaches a standing figure beside a great blaze or fiery tree.
Two attendants carry an exceptionally long lance beneath the arches of a great hall.
Several riders gather outside a square stone tower beside a castellated wall.
A large boar occupies the foreground while figures and a pale horse appear among the trees behind it.
A small boat waits below a great stone gateway.
A mounted hunter raises a long spear beside a stag surrounded by hounds.
Two winged dragons twist towards one another within a dark oval field.
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