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.
14 illustrations
A young man with a small moustache faces slightly to one side above a dark suit and high collar.
A young woman raises one arm among flowering branches in a densely worked garden.
A nude woman holds a small mirror beside a basin of still water.
A pale woman lowers her head towards a reclining companion beneath softly drawn drapery.
Two dark-clothed figures recline on low floating supports between immense blue-grey cliffs.
A many-masted sailing ship advances through calm blue water while smaller vessels occupy the distance.
A tall red lighthouse rises on an open lattice of supports beside the water.
A motionless figure lies face down among stones at the foot of a high cliff.
Tall ships crowd together above a churning sea, their decks full of small figures and their rigging thick with intersecting lines.
A pale-clothed woman bends over a small round table where a child rests near her face.
A tall golden spire glows between dark palm leaves beneath a warm evening sky.
The sharp bow of a large vessel lifts above foaming green water.
A pale woman rises from the sea with a great blue cloth streaming around her head and shoulders.
A woman in red sits high on a rugged rock beside a small child.
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