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
A boat from an enormous ship brings six sailors to Olaf Jansen's becalmed sloop near a forested riverbank.
A firm oval and a looser cloud use similar colours to distinguish two spectators' reactions to a street accident.
Winged figures rise around a luminous upper gathering while a small pair watches from the clouds below.
A large circular diagram divides named spirits among compass directions, with seasons written near its centre.
Dante lies across the rough ground at Virgil's feet while pale figures continue moving through the air above them.
Concentric bands of divine names enclose a square whose sides are marked with Latin names for the compass directions.
The Earth sits at the centre of twelve radial compartments, with zodiac signs around the outer circle.
A seated woman bends over a small infant amid long curved stems and blue flowers.
A robed geometer uses long compasses against a brick wall covered with nested shapes.
A bearded figure crouches within a great golden circle and extends one arm towards the darkness below.
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