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.
5 illustrations
A great dark-winged figure stands before a luminous opening containing a kneeling woman.
A pointed violet form edged with yellow rises above a radiant golden sphere in this paired plate.
A shining ascent crowded with luminous figures rises through immense banks of cloud.
A small upright human figure appears within a tall, pale oval touched with yellow, pink and grey.
A fine yellow figure rises above broad green fern fronds within a pale luminous field.
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