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.
7 illustrations
A broad reclining man raises a glass beneath a large outlined title and a small jester’s head.
Two men face one another at a cottage doorway.
A child sleeps beneath patterned covers in a garden-like setting of trees and small flowers.
Brightly dressed performers gather around an exuberant central title while small winged figures cross the open ground.
A singer and a guitarist stand beneath a dense frieze of small figures.
A long fish skin covers the back of a standing figure, its open head rising over the human face.
A bearded knight stands with one hand upon a long sword while a heavy cloak covers his mail and tunic.
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