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.
21 illustrations
A radiant sun shines above a crowned lion, a child and a robed figure carrying a flowering branch, beside a fire-headed companion.
A woman holds a small toad against her breast while a man faces her on a city terrace.
Two male figures stand in a stone interior before a seated worker at a bright hearth.
A small armed figure emerges above the head of a reclining bearded man as another raises a hammer.
A wolf bends over the body of a fallen crowned man.
A crowned body lies within a long open chest while standing figures reach towards its separated parts.
A great dragon curls around a reclining woman within a long open grave.
A standing nude occupies one small framed panel beside a circular diagram filled with divisions and signs.
A large reclining woman arches above a crowd of smaller figures.
A dark-robed man stands beside a nude woman within a crowded interior of vessels and grotesque figures.
A youthful figure turns away from the viewer while drawing a great curtain aside.
Contorted bodies arc across the upper scene above a seated figure and dense curling forms.
An aged seated man looks upward towards a luminous winged figure whose arms extend across the scene.
An aged, robed figure stands on a rocky summit with a staff in one hand and a radiant lamp raised in the other.
A kneeling figure raises both arms before an ark or altar surmounted by winged cherubim.
A powerful winged figure rises above clouds with a long scythe held across the body.
A winged figure assists a nude woman at a dark opening framed by curling ornament.
Three figures stand on a narrow bridge platform above dark water.
Several figures meet at the steps of a large garden house beneath branching trees.
A dressed woman stands beside an elevated path while a horned figure waits across a deep pit.
An older bearded figure gestures towards a seated younger man beside a large decorated shield.
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