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.
5 illustrations
A dark standing image occupies a narrow doorway framed by carved borders and small surrounding figures.
Two people stand closely together before the doorway of a wooden building.
Carved pillars and figured stone panels border a dark doorway reached by a shallow step.
A young man turns away from a princess at a doorway surrounded by fantastic carved figures.
A cloaked woman stands at a heavily carved doorway, her pale face emerging from the dark surrounding pattern.