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.
4 illustrations
A rounded vessel with a broad open rim is covered in narrow bands of repeated geometric ornament.
Isis bends towards a decorated chest aboard a boat, her dark drapery falling in long folds among oars, ropes and painted fittings.
Two decorated vessels occupy the upper row above two simplified human figurines.
An Egyptian-inspired figure extends both arms beneath the title, while long curling forms connect the body to a small smoking vessel.
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