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.
28 illustrations
Red lightning and a narrow, dagger-like shape give anger two different durations in this paired plate.
A grasping brown projection and a cloud of inward hooks show two forms of desire in the authors' moral scheme.
Mazumdar draws Radha and Krishna close together beneath the dark shelter of trees.
Three robed travellers stand on a rocky edge beside curling flames.
A young man with a sword turns towards a woman holding a hanging vessel.
A company of small figures gathers beneath a tall branching tree while the two travellers stand at the edge of the woodland scene.
The two travellers stand beside seated and reclining figures under trees, with pale ground separating the group from the deeper shade.
A stream of pale bodies sweeps through a vast dark space while the two travellers watch from a rough ledge.
Two closely joined figures float above jagged rock, their drapery lifting around their bodies against the dark air.
Two pale profiles face a small city set low against an otherwise black field.
Two tall, robed figures face one another within a richly patterned rectangular frame.
Unorna braces one hand against a table and reaches towards a high specimen with the other.
A richly dressed woman sits beside a crowned or elaborately capped guest at a laden table.
A figure in a patterned robe kneels beside a small table beneath a framed decorative panel.
An inverted body and an orange airborne figure turn around a blue curling form.
A dark-haired figure sits with head lowered and legs extended while other bodies and faces emerge around it.
A pale body arches backwards with one arm raised under a great spread of dark feathers.
A pale figure bends towards the ground beneath larger faces and clustered bodies.
A woman in a long pale veil stands above the back of a dark chair with one arm curved over her head.
An armed man stands on a ship’s upper deck beneath an attacker climbing down from the rigging.
An armoured man stands in a boat beneath a great curving darkness edged by light.
A kneeling figure reaches towards a huge enthroned statue within a pillared chamber.
A woman bends across a richly laid table with a small lifeless body in her arms.
A pale-robed woman faces a warrior whose round shield dominates the foreground.
A pale woman stands against a dark field wrapped by the twisting body of a great serpent.
A central figure stands within a richly patterned room while soldiers close in from both sides.
A pale woman remains upright as bright streams of fire burst across the dark architectural setting.
An armoured man and a pale-robed woman struggle together among sweeping forms and great chariot wheels.
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