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.
15 illustrations
A flowering stem occupies a diamond inside a square, with letters and small emblems in the surrounding compartments.
A tall dark cross bears small rose emblems and a central diamond-shaped sign beneath a crown.
A small mitre marked with a cross and the word Lux appears between an upper hanging panel and a lower diamond-shaped jewel.
Bell-shaped stone structures with diamond-shaped openings fill a broad terrace.
Dark interlacing bands divide a pale ground into diamond compartments occupied by birds, floral forms and small badges.
A tapir-headed figure occupies the centre of a crowded interior beneath a great clock.
A small boy dances hand in hand with a tall flowing woman beside a moonlit window.
A fair-haired boy kneels upon his bed beneath a small skylight.
A running boy holds the hand of a tall woman whose dark hair streams behind her.
A small child stands before a tall crowned woman in a deep green dress.
A fair-haired boy sits upon a wooden chair with a smiling baby in his lap.
A small boy reaches towards the bridle of a large chestnut horse.
A fair-haired boy sits upon a broad branch below a crescent moon.
Rows of coloured diamonds cross a muted patterned field.
A startled spider hangs upon thin threads beneath leaves and scattered bright drops.
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