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 crowned young man extends his hands above a great fish dropping towards the water.
Three shapes compare responses to the same imagined or reported shipwreck rather than depicting the wreck itself.
A firm oval and a looser cloud use similar colours to distinguish two spectators' reactions to a street accident.
A traveller supports an injured man upon a horse along a rugged road, with the animal’s bent neck and the bearer’s arms joining the two bodies.
A burdened figure sinks beneath a large wooden cross while a kneeling woman and several standing men gather beside the road.
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