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.
22 illustrations
Two women stand at the edge of a dark pool enclosed by pale stonework and flowering trees.
A hooded old woman leans on a stick beside a queen in a light gown.
A lightly dressed traveller steps near a rocky edge, holding a flower and a staff with a small bundle.
A company sits around a broad table in a columned room, with the central figure lit beneath hanging drapery and attendants gathered at the edges.
A great plume spreads from a volcanic cone beneath angular streaks of lightning.
Angelic figures gather on a rocky height above a calm expanse of water, with one figure extending outward into the light.
A company of small figures gathers beneath a tall branching tree while the two travellers stand at the edge of the woodland scene.
A shining ascent crowded with luminous figures rises through immense banks of cloud.
Two shaven-headed figures turn towards a pale, rising movement of light and cloud.
A seated man with a moustache holds an open book beside a globe and hanging leaves.
A dark circular disc interrupts an irregular pale corona against an almost black sky.
A seated Buddha appears within great concentric bands of light above a broad valley filled with assembled figures.
Long hanging branches arch over a dark pool.
A small figure stands beside a low garden wall beneath an enormous tree covered in pale blossoms.
Two figures stand close together in the shade of dense trees, one lifting a circular instrument above the shoulder.
Tall palms rise above walls, a domed pavilion and smaller garden structures in a cool blue-green field.
A solitary figure stands on a rocky ledge beneath an extended procession of pale forms.
A dark human figure hangs in chains high above the ground.
A seated pale figure turns towards a shadowed face at the lower edge of a broad triangular field.
A couple holds each other close at the lower edge while a bright comet breaks across a dark sky.
An armoured man stands in a boat beneath a great curving darkness edged by light.
A young woman leans backwards while a man supports her and another peers through a doorway.
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