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
Two great hooded figures stand at the sides of a circular opening while smaller figures gather behind them.
A pale figure raises a finger to the lips while long hair streams across the body.
A gamekeeper in a cap walks towards a fox caught beside a tree root.
A small hare lies low among broad turnip leaves while a line of men and dogs advances across the field.
A running hare changes direction just ahead of two stretched greyhounds.
A hare stops before a damaged wooden gate while three figures spread their arms on the other side.
A man leans forward in alarm as a pack of hounds climbs around a laden dining table.
Three pale figures raise their arms beneath a broad vessel filled with a city-like landscape.
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