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 seated woman holds apart two heavy curtains while a pale column rises between her feet.
A seated woman extends her arms while pale shapes spread across her dark bodice and skirt.
A narrow pale structure descends in front of a dark curtain towards a visible hand below.
Several hands overlap beneath the medium’s face at an opening in the curtain.
A pale female profile emerges from a dark background beneath a folded head covering.
Two photographs show a pale folded shape close to the seated medium’s head.
A long pale form curves through the dark field, with folded projections along one side.
A grid of sixteen small frames repeats the same dark setting as a pale suspended shape changes position.
A young woman in a broad striped hat with clustered flowers rests her hands near her face.
A standing figure is wrapped in a long pale veil with a large dark cross on the chest.
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