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.
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Large flowing letters name America a Prophecy within a pale cloud-like opening.
A great winged figure bends forward with lowered head and arms held close to the body.
A great tree bends across the top and side of a block of handwritten verse.
Small airborne figures hover above and below a short block of verse.
A nude figure sits on a rocky ledge with head lifted towards a break in the clouds.
A long-bearded figure rises above the verse with both arms extended into curling clouds.
A human figure twists diagonally within a great curling field of flame.
A broad tree arches over several human figures beside a dark hollow.
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