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 pointed violet form edged with yellow rises above a radiant golden sphere in this paired plate.
A four-armed figure stands on an oval base between a horned animal and a striped feline.
A crowned figure sits upon a scaled dragon with broad webbed wings and a curling tail.
A standing figure holds a branching form above a narrow platform, with a bird, vessels and other small objects below.
Contorted bodies arc across the upper scene above a seated figure and dense curling forms.
A pale figure lifts a small flame in one hand while a great wing and a skull extend behind the shoulders.
Winged figures, an ibis-headed deity and a bearded composite head occupy several oval gems.
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