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.
12 illustrations
A long fish-like body rises beside a many-tiered gate above curling waves.
A large scaled dragon extends its claws among clouds above a band of deeply curved waves.
Hidesato aims at the enormous centipede threatening the Dragon King's family beneath Lake Biwa.
A broad inclined stone covered with dragons and cloud forms lies between two stairways.
Several scaled dragons interlace across a broad rectangular panel edged with a narrow border.
A long dragon stretches across a crescent-shaped tile within a double raised border.
A large ringed instrument rises above sculpted dragon supports beside another wheeled mechanism.
A raised dragon curves within a circular tile whose rim remains visible against the dark background.
A slender carved column rises above a balustraded platform beneath a projecting ornamental capital.
A crowned woman holding a cup sits above the heads of a great beast.
A bearded crowned figure emerges from curling waves beside a boat carrying an armed visitor.
A small child sits upon a floating leaf beneath an enormous blue dragonfly.
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