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.
8 illustrations
A bearded man with short hair faces left in a close profile drawing.
A long-bearded man in a patterned robe raises a small flaming vessel above his head beside laboratory equipment.
A bearded man works at a table crowded with tools and vessels while another worker tends a furnace beyond the doorway.
Two men attend a large vessel connected to a long winding tube and an upper receiver.
A narrow street passes beneath high half-timbered buildings and an ornate hanging sign.
A long-robed figure in a soft cap holds a rounded vessel at shoulder height.
A capped man in a long patterned robe holds a round vessel sending curling lines into the air.
A seated man lifts a small glass vessel towards the light while another figure stands at his table.
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