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.
5 illustrations
A simplified front-facing human outline stands within a dashed outer boundary and a closer dotted line.
A young human figure stands in profile between dotted and dashed enclosing lines.
A standing woman is surrounded by two uneven boundaries that widen around the upper body.
A female outline stands within a dashed enclosure while clusters of diagonal lines extend from several parts of the body.
A rear view of a standing figure carries two small shaded patches along one side of the back.