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
Blue birds and dense foliage enclose a woman standing within a pointed doorway.
A high rocky formation opens into a dark cave beneath horizontal bands of sky.
Dark roots and curling vegetation surround a small opening in the ground.
A pointed creature emerges among long tangled strands and diagonal bands.