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.
12 illustrations
An armoured rider on a rearing horse carries a leafy wand across a sparse landscape with pyramidal hills.
Kar’s Kali emerges from darkness through the outlines of her arms, her face and the warm accents of ornaments and clothing.
A four-armed figure stands on an oval base between a horned animal and a striped feline.
A young woman appears within a spreading patterned garment, with a curved object to the right and flowing ornaments along the base.
Curling leaves and shell-like forms surround an oval central shield with vertical hatching.
A standing chief wears an immense feathered headdress with curved horns and carries a spear hung with further ornaments.
The name Rizzio dominates a framed design with French phrases and thistle-like corner ornaments.
A small seated sage printed in red occupies the centre of an elaborate black ornamental frame.
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 bare-breasted dancer floats above a dark lower field scattered with curling ornaments.
A large seated figure wears a decorated ceremonial costume covered with round ornaments.
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