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.
36 illustrations
A solitary robed traveller stands among towering trunks, exposed roots and dark foliage, turning his face toward a narrow opening in the wood.
An immense eagle spreads its wings above a mountainous landscape and distant towers.
An armoured skeletal rider advances upon a pale horse carrying a dark banner with a white flower.
A bolt strikes the top of a tall tower as two figures fall towards the lower edges.
A silhouetted figure reaches toward seven cups suspended in clouds, holding different fantastic objects.
An immense stepped tower rises above a crowded foreground of people and scattered masonry.
An Irish round tower rises beside a path and trees in one panel; the other encloses a frontal crowned figure within an oval.
Seated figures huddle along the foot of a towering rock wall while two travellers move among them.
Three winged, snake-haired figures rise over a dark rock wall while the two travellers stand beneath them, looking upward.
A colossal winged figure rises behind the two small travellers, with exposed bodies embedded in the foreground ice.
Flames and curling smoke rise among a densely packed city’s towers and roofs.
Two towers are broken from above while small human figures fall beside their walls.
A towering traveller in a green coat stands amid brightly coloured domes and small houses.
A pale pink and gold figure towers over a low hill and small temple-like structure.
A stepped structure rises above a wavy waterline beside trees and small figures.
A small figure stands on the projecting platform of a slender minaret with an arm extended outward.
A high flowering arch frames bright white domes and towers beneath a blue sky.
A tall Gothic gate tower rises above adjoining roofs and small street-level figures.
An immense elaborately dressed figure rises above a crowded city of towers and roofs.
A thin column of water rises high above a broad circular basin.
A centaur bends beside a small haloed human figure in front of a great black city silhouette.
An immense winged creature stands behind a woman and a surprised traveller.
A traveller stands among towering flowers beneath a broad arc of light.
A robed figure stands on broken masonry beside a tall column above an immense expanse of water.
Tall ships crowd together above a churning sea, their decks full of small figures and their rigging thick with intersecting lines.
A long-haired figure runs beside a winding path towards a high city of narrow towers.
Small figures struggle beneath a towering dark rock while great birds occupy the ledges above.
A young woman in a richly coloured gown stands before a town of red roofs and close-set buildings.
Two small figures enter a luminous chamber lined with towering columns.
A vast flowering tree towers above a small shrine while a dark figure clings to its branches.
An enormous rounded hull towers over small figures and stacked equipment within a vast workshop.
A standing figure holds one hand against a towering panel of interlaced stars.
Two small figures stand between towering columns beneath a decorated ceiling.
A tall square tower rises above clustered village buildings.
Huge dark tree trunks crowd the picture while small pale figures climb, fall and run between them.
A sheer tower rises through a sharply divided black-and-white space, with a tiny figure at its summit and others falling or clinging beside it.
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