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
Concentric rings and radiating sectors combine element names, weights and directional labels.
Bands of labelled circles descend from a central point beneath the word Mind.
A circular central diagram sits within a broad triangular fan divided by fine paths and labelled nodes.
Two large semicircular diagrams face opposite directions around a vertical centre line.
A broad set of concentric circles contains numbered points, arrows and curved paths.
Curving bands of circles descend beneath a central point labelled Simplicity.
A fan of labelled points rises above parallel horizontal bands and a lower balance line.
Two long tapering vortices meet near a narrow central region beside smaller comparison forms.
A finely hatched globe floats against a black star field within several broad rings.
Fine intersecting curves form a complex circular lattice within a band of words including simplicity, softness and hardness.
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