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.
10 illustrations
A dark winged figure descends before a brilliant circular opening among clouds, with smaller forms behind and a rounded world below.
Pale monumental figures loom within a dark oval, one broad draped body facing outward while another appears in profile at the side.
A pale seated figure bends within an oval field of smoky darkness, one large wing sweeping upward beside the body.
A bright winged figure bends towards a dark, downward-hanging human form amid curling clouds.
Armed and cloaked figures raise their arms and weapons towards a vast pale wave beyond an uneven landscape.
A pale winged figure rises above a dark rock with one arm extended into the surrounding darkness.
A long pale wave breaks behind a dark coastal rock, throwing narrow curtains of spray towards the heavy sky.
Tiny dark flying forms scatter across a wide landscape beneath clouds and a bright opening near the horizon.
A dark winged figure crouches among pale clouds, its head thrust forward beneath a spiked or flame-like crown.
A brilliant diagonal streak cuts through storm clouds towards a dark, broken landscape below.
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