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.
6 illustrations
A solitary dark figure sits or leans beside a low horizontal barrier beneath a field of stars.
A pale female figure appears beside a reclining youth within a small dark vignette.
A robed female figure stands beside a clock supporting a globe marked with stars.
A pale globe appears within an irregular dark field of stars.
A globe floats between pale cloud forms against a dark upper field.
A solitary traveller stands on a rocky rise above a pale landscape.