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 hooded figure sits on a broad stone ledge above an open landscape, with a staff beside the lowered hands.
Blue circular coils and horizontal bands spread across an oval of mixed yellow, green and red.
A solitary dark figure sits or leans beside a low horizontal barrier beneath a field of stars.
A crowned figure sits upon a great lotus with several arms extending around the body and holding different attributes.
A bright winged figure bends towards a dark, downward-hanging human form amid curling clouds.
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