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.
5 illustrations
A moustached man faces forward in a small photographic portrait.
A small standing figure is wrapped in a long, heavily patterned garment.
A winged figure flies diagonally through the small printed vignette.
A winged figure with a shield confronts a dragon whose long body curls upward.
Several arms extend from a decorated standing figure, each holding or displaying an object.