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.
4 illustrations
A woman with her back towards the viewer holds both hands near her face while two men watch in a furnished room.
A veiled woman stands on the hearthrug facing a startled man beside a table of books.
A dark-suited man looks down at a woman lying back upon a patterned settee.
A man lies on the pavement while a standing figure bends over him beside the open doorway.