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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.
31 illustrations
Two slender figures stand at the edge of a broad black curve and look towards a great face in the pale moon.
A woman in a long pale dress with a dark spotted train stands before patterned curtains.
An immense rounded train covered in peacock-eye patterns occupies the lower half of the scene.
A slender pale figure rises from a broad black garment layered with pointed panels and small star-like ornaments.
A dark-haired figure bends over a long pale body stretched across the black foreground.
Two slender figures face one another across a narrow pale space.
A tall woman in a long pale gown stands among small attendants and theatrical objects.
A tall elaborately adorned figure rises above two small attendants beside a great hanging lamp.
A bare-breasted dancer floats above a dark lower field scattered with curling ornaments.
A woman in a dark fitted gown stands beside narrow shelves of jars and bottles.
A seated woman faces an elaborate dressing arrangement with several attendants around her.
A dark-robed woman bends above a small stand holding a severed head.
A kneeling woman raises a severed head towards her face above a black pool.
A slender visitor in an elaborate ruff stands with a fan and a long cane among fantastic flowers.
A richly dressed figure stands behind a broad patterned curtain.
A woman with a dark bob and spotted clothing occupies one side of a tall theatrical bill.
A dark-robed young figure stands beneath pale faces, elongated candles and sweeping black forms.
Two tall, robed figures face one another within a richly patterned rectangular frame.
A seated woman is surrounded by attendants, small creatures and extravagant decorative objects.
Two extravagantly dressed figures carry a great vessel within an ornate garden interior.
A tall woman in a long dark gown stands above a distant landscape.
A pale draped figure lifts one hand within a nearly black field of curling forms.
A half-draped figure raises one arm beneath a dark canopy of trees.
A company of contrasting theatrical figures gathers around a dark central performer.
A young priest kneels beside a decorated window with his hands joined in prayer.
A young woman sits beneath a curling ornamental headboard with a small written object before her.
A richly dressed woman sits before a mirror while an attendant stands behind her.
A figure in a patterned robe kneels beside a small table beneath a framed decorative panel.
Richly dressed companions gather within a boat-like enclosure hung with embroidered curtains.
A fantastic company gathers among curling plant-like forms, vessels and exaggerated faces.
A company of elaborately dressed men and women fills a curtained interior.
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