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 woman with tightly curled hair wears a high-necked pale dress and looks slightly to one side.
A steamer and a sailing vessel approach one another across a lightly drawn sea.
A young woman with long waved hair turns slightly within a softly shaded pencil portrait.
A pale veiled figure stands beside a seated woman who covers her face with both hands.
Several fern fronds lie separately against a plain pale background.
Tall stems with large pointed leaves fill the narrow photographic field.
A small strawberry plant displays broad leaves, pale flowers and hanging fruit above its container.
A standing figure is wrapped in pale fabric with one arm lifted sharply upwards.
A long lily stem carries many large pale flowers above a slender exposed root.
A woman in a long patterned dress stands beside an immense flowering lily.
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