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 young woman sits beside a low woven fence while a huge face emerges from the shadowed roof above her.
A white-haired figure lifts a small girl beside a rising fountain and curling waves.
A pale young woman rests among dark rocks and low branches above the surrounding water.
A small grotesque figure holds out a bright coin beside a knight mounted on a white horse.
A rider in red passes above a web of roots crowded with little faces and outstretched hands.
A young woman lifts one arm beneath heavy sweeping clouds while wind disturbs the landscape around her.
A young woman in a richly coloured gown stands before a town of red roofs and close-set buildings.
A white-robed figure appears deep within a ravine of twisted trunks and dark foliage.
A pale woman dissolves into broad curling waves in the foreground.
A pale woman bends at the water’s edge beneath a dark arch of roots and branching forms.
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