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.
9 illustrations
A long scaled dragon curves through deeply worked clouds beside part of a bronze structure.
A large ringed instrument rises above sculpted dragon supports beside another wheeled mechanism.
Numerous bright streaks cross a dark sky above a low horizon.
Several elongated paths cross one another around a small central solar region.
A large telescope tube meets an intricate arrangement of wheels, small tubes, handles and metal fittings.
A solitary dark figure sits or leans beside a low horizontal barrier beneath a field of stars.
A pale female figure appears beside a reclining youth within a small dark vignette.
A robed female figure stands beside a clock supporting a globe marked with stars.
A row of tiny planetary discs expands into the large globes of the outer planets, with Saturn’s rings projecting beyond its sphere.
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