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.
20 illustrations
A luminous human form rises within a tall flame above a raised fire altar.
Bright branching lines radiate from several points around a dark centre.
Small narrative scenes occupy a great circular field around a central disk.
Four long-robed figures gather around an open stone coffin while a winged human form ascends above it.
Two armoured guardians bow beside a central cup below a towering cross of light.
A heavily robed monk looks upwards with wide eyes beneath a close hood.
A white-haired man with a long beard sits in a dark formal suit beside a globe.
An elderly cross-legged figure sits in a woodland clearing with a narrow support or shadow beneath the body.
A line of robed travellers appears to move through pale clouds above a seated meditator and distant landscape.
A moustached man poses in an embroidered coat, fur-trimmed cape and plumed hat with a staff at his side.
A great fierce head looks over a rectangular frame divided into many small narrative compartments.
A great circular wheel is divided into densely populated compartments beneath a monster’s head.
A crowned figure sits upon a great lotus with several arms extending around the body and holding different attributes.
Bands of letters, crosses and numerals surround a narrow central table of numbers.
A cross-legged man holds one hand above a vertical sequence of circular symbols along the body.
A woman looks directly towards the viewer beneath a dark hood with one hand supporting her cheek.
Two small standing figures appear within a narrow architectural niche beneath an immense fierce carved face.
Bell-shaped stone structures with diamond-shaped openings fill a broad terrace.
A robed man raises one hand before a seated ruler while attendants and soldiers watch.
A monumental human form with a great scarab at the head towers over an altar and rows of small attendants.
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