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
A young woman in white stands above a seated company beneath a dark sky.
Two young people crouch near the back of a rocky cave while lions occupy the opening and lower ledges.
A shield and raised weapon cut across the foreground as a warrior springs into the air.
A struggling man stands among warriors whose raised spears and extended arms enclose him.
A bearded man holds a pale-gowned woman close beside a rugged outcrop.
A white-robed woman stands high above a crowd of raised shields, spears and faces.
A richly adorned figure turns sharply in the foreground before a line of pale-robed women.
Two white-clothed women appear among tall tree trunks while a man sits at the roots with an arm extended.
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