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.
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An elderly cross-legged figure sits in a woodland clearing with a narrow support or shadow beneath the body.
A line of robed travellers appears to move through pale clouds above a seated meditator and distant landscape.