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
One orange form streams forward with finger-like extensions, while the other turns its curling arms around a central mass.
An immense stepped tower rises above a crowded foreground of people and scattered masonry.
A group of robed men gathers in a dark grove; standing figures face one another while others sit at either side.
A pale-clothed man throws his arms upwards while a woman in red stands close beside him.