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
A standing figure and rows of carved signs survive across a damaged stone slab.
Reapers turn from their gathered crop towards a cart carrying a great carved chest, with cattle standing close beside it.
A frontal child stands upon two crocodiles and grasps long serpents and smaller animals.
A dark standing image occupies a narrow doorway framed by carved borders and small surrounding figures.
Two small standing figures appear within a narrow architectural niche beneath an immense fierce carved face.
A deeply modelled face fills the upper centre above a round seal bearing a standing female figure.
A small child holds tightly to a standing man while other figures occupy the low, crowded room.
A carved figure with large circular ear ornaments and a broad headdress holds both arms beside the head.
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