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
Terraced buildings and a central tower rise from a small island-like landscape beside an unfamiliar creature.
A long diagonal bridge crosses a pale lake above three drawings of strange flowering plants.
An angular house stands above a second complex of rounded towers, terraces and connecting structures.
A long-tailed creature with radiating appendages appears above a small dark-robed human figure.
A small device trails a great fan of fine lines above a broad flower with curled dark petals.