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
Two dark-clothed figures recline on low floating supports between immense blue-grey cliffs.
A many-masted sailing ship advances through calm blue water while smaller vessels occupy the distance.
A tall red lighthouse rises on an open lattice of supports beside the water.
A motionless figure lies face down among stones at the foot of a high cliff.
Tall ships crowd together above a churning sea, their decks full of small figures and their rigging thick with intersecting lines.
A pale-clothed woman bends over a small round table where a child rests near her face.
A tall golden spire glows between dark palm leaves beneath a warm evening sky.
The sharp bow of a large vessel lifts above foaming green water.
A pale woman rises from the sea with a great blue cloth streaming around her head and shoulders.
A woman in red sits high on a rugged rock beside a small child.
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