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.
10 illustrations
A dark-haired woman holds a single white flower beside a long trailing veil.
A brilliant long-tailed bird curves above a seated princess in a dark ornamental enclosure.
A young man and woman raise their arms in matching dancing poses beneath a pale flowering sky.
Pale towers and a many-tiered palace emerge between dark foliage beneath a blue night sky.
A richly dressed woman sits beneath a great pale canopy while a small bird perches on her raised hand.
A small boat with a curved shelter floats under dark branches beside a quiet shore.
A small sleepless woman lies at the top of an immense stack of patterned mattresses under a curtained canopy.
A woman in a pale patterned dress sits beside a dark-clothed man who gestures across the room.
Three dark canine heads crowd a rocky passage, their jaws open around pale flowing forms.
A camel and its riders pass between a crowd of gesturing onlookers and warm-coloured buildings.
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