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.
7 illustrations
A small child stands against a dark rising form with one arm extended towards a hanging golden object.
A small child emerges from a luminous cloud above a seated dark-haired piper.
A child in a dark blue dress stands with hands joined above a small lamb.
A fair-haired child carrying leafy stems stands beside a wooden gate.
A kneeling child looks down into long grass beside another resting figure.
White bell-shaped flowers rise from a long dark stem beside a small child in a broad hat.
A child sits beside an open book on a high grassy ledge.