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
An elderly man in a patterned cloak sits inside a dark timbered building.
A large face hovers above a tree spreading across dark layers of ground and water.
An enormous seated figure occupies a rocky enclosure beside the supports of a timbered roof.
A nude figure seen from behind lifts both arms between tall vertical forms.
A strong figure stands above the decorated prow of a canoe, holding a long line across a patterned sky.
A muscular figure braces above curling waves with a line drawn tight across the scene.
A great carved face fills the centre of a patterned structure beneath a broad mountain-like form.
Two dark-haired figures sit together near the foot of a tall pole beneath a wide suspended net.
Huge curving masses collide across a sharply patterned landscape.
A line of burdened figures climbs over jagged rocks beneath bands of cloud and a tall mountain.
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