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 hooded old woman leans on a stick beside a queen in a light gown.
Two richly dressed women sit in a wooded clearing while a plainly dressed attendant stands behind them.
The serpent’s dark coil lies directly beneath the bent figure, creating a quiet meeting between two sharply different bodies.
A crowned Osiris stands among richly dressed courtiers gathered around an open chest.
The two cloaked travellers are surrounded by winged figures carrying raised hooks and poles across a rocky bank.
A winged pursuer stretches toward a falling or diving human figure above the dark, disturbed surface of the pit.
A great eagle lifts a flowing-robed woman above the watching figures below.
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