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.
8 illustrations
A traveller on crutches stops before the high gate of a formal garden.
A fair-haired child carrying leafy stems stands beside a wooden gate.
A small child in a pale winter coat stands beside an iron gate beneath snow-laden branches.
A hooded woman holds a child in deep shadow outside a garden arcade.
A woman with a sword and shield stands before an angel at an open garden gate.
A woman stands among tall orange-red lilies beside broad stone steps.
A round well with a curved lifting frame occupies the foreground beside tall cypresses.
Two children meet beneath an open stone archway leading into a flower-filled garden.
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