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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A pale-robed woman stands among slender trees with deer gathered around her.
Rama draws his bow towards the leaping deer, fixing the deceptive chase at a moment of poised violence.
Reindeer and branching antlers are outlined across an irregular antler fragment, with a smaller animal figure near the lower edge.
A young hunter stands beside a cloaked figure as a deer approaches through the forest.
A dark-robed monk leans on a staff beside a deer standing in deep snow.
A pale princess rides within a swan-shaped sledge behind a finely adorned reindeer team.
A large antlered deer faces forward through pale mist and dense forest growth.
Two slender deer lower their heads towards the ground.
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