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.
8 illustrations
Two men stand side by side in a formal photographic portrait.
Four separate portraits are arranged in a rectangular group.
An elderly bearded man stands beside Houdini in an outdoor photograph.
A seated woman rests her hands beside a small table in a plain photographic setting.
A rectangular slate is shown with the fittings used to close or secure it.
Two standing figures hold writing slates above the head of a seated participant.
Two men bend towards a small framed surface held between them.
Houdini’s portrait appears with additional pale faces or forms in the same photographic field.
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