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 turbaned old man carries a basket crowded with lamps while children gather and women lean from windows.
A group of small children hurries between enormous contorted tree trunks beneath a dense canopy.
An immense sleeping ogre rests beside a rock while small boys gather near his heavy boots.
Dark figures gesture beside a ship picture above a lower scene of a feast and scattering rats.
A man recoils beside a rose-covered garden wall while a large richly dressed Beast stands before him.
A barefoot traveller carries a thin old man whose legs grip his shoulders and neck.
A woman in an embroidered red gown holds a small key at a door and turns anxiously towards the viewer.
A young woman raises one hand from an ornate bed while a richly dressed man sits beside her.
Three shaggy bears gather around a table and a small damaged chair in a cottage interior.
A richly dressed young woman sits in an elaborate chair while a small elderly figure addresses her from the left.
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