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 pale fantastic form approaches a group of dark-suited men across an intricately patterned field.
An enormous pale form twists through the darkness above three seated men.
Several figures stand beside a bending tree in an open park while a woman turns towards the group.
Tall pale columns and humanoid shapes crowd the dark space around several men.