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.
4 illustrations
A six-pointed arrangement of triangles surrounds a human face, an eagle, a bull and a lion.
A standing male figure raises one arm within a pointed starburst while the other arm extends outward.
A circular boundary encloses four hexagrams around an open centre.
A rectangular mirror filled with concentric rings stands between two tall candles above an inverted triangle.