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 tall dark tablet rises from a broad carved stone tortoise base.
Several figures stand or sit around a stone-lined working area beneath low tiled roofs.
A broad tiled pavilion stands on a high stone platform beside narrow streets and low buildings.
A woman stands facing the camera in a short pale jacket and long full skirt.
A crowd in pale clothing gathers before a broad roofed gateway.
Broad stone steps ascend to a large two-storey building with a sweeping tiled roof.
Decorated pillars and painted panels surround a raised central seat beneath hanging fabric.
Several standing figures and large animals occupy a long low raft beside still water.
Men in loose clothing and broad hats sit close together with long pipes held near their mouths.
Shaded relief, place names and fine boundary lines cover the Korean peninsula between the Yellow Sea and the Sea of Japan.
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