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 fair-haired child in a pale ruffled costume sits in a small upholstered chair with gilded curves.
A solitary bearded man stands on sand with a long gun across his body and a pack behind his shoulder.
A small child in white hangs lightly against a pale wash of leaves and tall stems.
A youthful figure and a bearded elder sit close together beneath an overhanging tree.
A child sleeps beneath patterned covers in a garden-like setting of trees and small flowers.
A tall robed figure carries a small child beneath an architectural opening.
A small winged figure emerges among broad flowers, patterned leaves and long diagonal strands.
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