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 slender crowned figure stands beneath two immense dark wings with a sword in one hand and a shield in the other.
A centaur bends beside a small haloed human figure in front of a great black city silhouette.
A dark coffin-like form rises behind a circular wreath between groups of mourners.
A small winged child advances before a tall black skeleton with long angular limbs.
A line of many-legged creatures carries a long pointed coffin across a black field.
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