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.
19 illustrations
A pale woman in a red garment occupies a narrow central panel surrounded by curling peacock feathers.
A woman in a long pale dress with a dark spotted train stands before patterned curtains.
Two women in dark eye masks turn within a dense frame of curling leaves and flowers.
Broad layered petals rise from a dark water surface surrounded by leaves.
Small figures cluster within a compact woodland ornament beneath the contents list.
Curling leaves and shell-like forms surround an oval central shield with vertical hatching.
Dense decorative lettering surrounds a woman and small mythic figures within a narrow leafy frame.
An opened rectangular box exposes a small mechanism under the lid and a broad flap extending from one side.
Two circular geometric patterns divide a tabletop into rings and smaller fields.
A dark-robed young figure stands beneath pale faces, elongated candles and sweeping black forms.
A great cross and circular geometric centre divide a densely ornamented rectangular field.
A princess in a long patterned robe stands beside an immense purple vase.
A seated young man rests his head on one hand beneath a tree with red branches.
A small ruler occupies a golden throne at the centre of a vast red chamber.
A seated woman is surrounded by attendants, small creatures and extravagant decorative objects.
Richly dressed companions gather within a boat-like enclosure hung with embroidered curtains.
A lion and unicorn flank an elaborate crowned structure filled with smaller figures and a circular mirror.
Draped figures move beneath a hanging decorative band in the upper scene.
A small walking lion occupies the left compartment of a horizontal decorative heading.
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