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.
7 illustrations
A fantastically dressed rider speeds across a rocky foreground beneath a towering pale mountain.
A tall robed figure sits on a pale mount beneath a canopy of trees.
Dark figures stand or crouch beside a steep bank while great shafts of light break through the clouds.
A sailing ship leans across choppy water beneath immense overlapping sails.
A small ship pitches through dark water below cliffs that rise almost beyond the frame.
An immense elaborately dressed figure rises above a crowded city of towers and roofs.
Two low thatched cottages stand beneath heavy clouds.
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