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 winged steersman rises over a close company of pale figures arriving across the water.
Two armed winged figures fly across an opening between wooded banks, their spread wings cutting diagonally through the sky.
Three draped women stand close together at the edge of a shallow woodland stream.
An oarsman leans over his long pole at the prow of a small boat while the two cloaked passengers stand close together amid bodies in the water.
Two attendants bend over separate square basins beneath statues of a man and woman.
A tiny vessel carries a pale, fluttering sail across a broad blue sea.
Bare trees spread dark branching silhouettes across an orange-red sky.
A procession of attendants crosses a narrow bridge above dark water and round pale stones.
A dark ocean extends beneath broken clouds and a low band of light.
A large face hovers above a tree spreading across dark layers of ground and water.
A muscular figure braces above curling waves with a line drawn tight across the scene.
Dark sailboats and slender masts are scattered across a broad expanse of still water.
A blue-robed figure crosses a brilliant red stream on an oversized shoe beneath a curved bridge.
A small boat carries a high rust-red sail beside a wooden jetty and low waterfront buildings.
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