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.
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Interlaced triangles and a five-pointed star give two different conceptions of divine order a geometric form.
The raised hand of the winged teacher gives the small group a clear direction of attention.
A circular cosmic image fills the upper half of a densely ornamented page above two columns of text.
A radiant starburst tops a vertical sequence of divine names, human faculties, planets and elements ending at the earth.
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