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 crowded company of armed men surrounds a kneeling figure in a snowy setting.
A standing swordsman faces a seated woman and children inside a screened room.
A richly dressed young woman stands in an open doorway while a man crouches nearby.
An armed man stands above a fallen figure within a Japanese interior.
An armed crew fills a large sailing vessel riding upon stylised waves.
Several figures struggle inside a Japanese room beside patterned screens.
A grotesque creature rises from tall grass before a man sheltering beneath a small roof.
Two contrasting scenes show an old man beside a small sparrow and an old woman confronted by monsters.
A strange long-necked figure bends towards a seated man beside a lantern.
A great dark cat bends over a reclining woman in a patterned interior.
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