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.
9 illustrations
A standing nude occupies one small framed panel beside a circular diagram filled with divisions and signs.
A large reclining woman arches above a crowd of smaller figures.
A youthful figure stretches or steps beside a tall old man holding a staff.
A young man stands above a seated woman on a curved pedestal covered with words and symbols.
A dark-robed man stands beside a nude woman within a crowded interior of vessels and grotesque figures.
A youthful figure turns away from the viewer while drawing a great curtain aside.
A seated man leans back on a folding chair while small crawling forms gather near his feet.
Contorted bodies arc across the upper scene above a seated figure and dense curling forms.
A small figure bends below an immense oval enclosure of flowing curtains and masks.
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