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
Sea-nymphs rise among long seaweed stems beside a small hanging bell.
Bell-shaped stone structures with diamond-shaped openings fill a broad terrace.
A pale-robed figure bends over a low tomb on a dark rocky shore.
A dark-clothed man bends towards an open book beside tall curtained windows.
Pale towers and narrow openings rise from an intricately patterned shore.
A delicate domed temple stands among bright clusters of cloud and points of starlight.
A pale-gowned woman sits alone in an ornate chair beside dark rock formations.
A pale-robed woman stands beneath a pointed arch with one arm raised towards a small lamp.
A turbulent pale sky presses between a high rock face and a mass of dark trees.
A pale-clothed man throws his arms upwards while a woman in red stands close beside him.
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