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.
8 illustrations
The title rises through a pale blue sky between branching forms.
An elongated figure moves through orange flames above the engraved prose.
An inverted body and an orange airborne figure turn around a blue curling form.
Three seated figures occupy a bright lower panel beside green curling vegetation.
Small bodies move across the top of the page while another rests beneath the final lines.
A long dark figure moves horizontally through orange and red flames above the prose.
A nude seated figure twists before two pale pyramids beneath a blue sky.
A muscular bearded figure crawls on hands and knees beside a striped rock face.
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