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 elaborately carved shrine rises above visitors gathered on a broad sunlit platform.
Visitors pass through a pillared entrance and along a broad flight of shaded steps.
A woman in a white jacket and patterned green skirt holds a broad circular parasol behind her head.
A narrow opening descends between steep banks covered in trees, vines and tangled vegetation.
Thatched houses stand on posts beside an uneven earth path beneath a tall palm.
A long boat carries broad pale sails across sunlit water.
A large red lantern hangs above an orange-red panel with a bold Chinese character.
A massive tree shades low raised houses, baskets and small figures gathered near a veranda.
A broad stream divides around rocks before dropping into a bright foaming pool.
Elaborately carved roof tiers rise above a shaded entrance and several great rounded drums.
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