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 turbaned man in an embroidered coat faces the viewer within an Egyptian-style border.
A seated practitioner faces a small table bearing a crystal within a circular diagram.
A large hexagram encloses the name Michael beneath a Hebrew inscription.
Three labelled implements occupy a comparative page: a mounted crystal, an inscribed hexagram pentacle and a long dark wand.
A circular boundary encloses four hexagrams around an open centre.