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.
35 illustrations
A standing nude occupies one small framed panel beside a circular diagram filled with divisions and signs.
A large reclining woman arches above a crowd of smaller figures.
A youthful figure stretches or steps beside a tall old man holding a staff.
A young man stands above a seated woman on a curved pedestal covered with words and symbols.
A dark-robed man stands beside a nude woman within a crowded interior of vessels and grotesque figures.
A youthful figure turns away from the viewer while drawing a great curtain aside.
A seated man leans back on a folding chair while small crawling forms gather near his feet.
Contorted bodies arc across the upper scene above a seated figure and dense curling forms.
A small figure bends below an immense oval enclosure of flowing curtains and masks.
A seated figure raises one hand towards a great pale shape within the dark field.
Several bald figures bend over large open books while a horned being occupies the centre behind them.
A bearded central figure is pressed among tangled bodies, small faces and elaborate tabletop objects.
A heavily robed man raises one hand while holding his other arm across his body.
An elaborately dressed woman stands above a crowded table, with a small vessel raised near her chest.
A woman in a dark fur-like garment fills the upright composition, her pale sleeves and face sharply separated from it.
A stout seated man bends over a large open volume supported on his lap.
A large seated figure wears a decorated ceremonial costume covered with round ornaments.
An elaborately dressed woman raises both arms over her dark hair.
An animal-headed figure leans over a raised ledge while a pale, elegantly dressed woman appears within the darker space below.
A pale winged figure spreads both arms above a crowded mass of bodies and faces.
A tall pale body leans forward above smaller intertwined forms and low dark ground.
A dark-haired figure sits with head lowered and legs extended while other bodies and faces emerge around it.
A pale body arches backwards with one arm raised under a great spread of dark feathers.
A pale figure bends towards the ground beneath larger faces and clustered bodies.
A tall nude figure rests one hand on a broad dark curve while another figure stands farther back.
A dark-clothed figure rests a hand against the face above an open book.
An antlered skull crowns a vertical arrangement of pale bodies, curling horns and dark wings.
A human torso rises from a four-legged body beneath a floating winged face.
A pale inverted body fills a narrow dark panel beside rows of signs, small diagrams and letter-like shapes.
A seated pale figure turns towards a shadowed face at the lower edge of a broad triangular field.
A seated figure raises one hand while a dark-clothed watcher leans close behind.
A pale figure lifts a small flame in one hand while a great wing and a skull extend behind the shoulders.
An elongated seated body bends beneath a tall pointed cap and an ornate dark collar.
Dark birds perch among curling branches above a pale seated figure and a low animal-like body.
Pale bodies and faint faces move through a softly shaded upper field.
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