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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Evelyn Paul shows Yorimasa drawing his bow toward the roof of the imperial palace during a violent night storm.
Grotesque beings kneel and bow before a seated armed company beside a heap of treasure.
A bow-bearing warrior confronts a crouching creature with a snake-like tail.
A young archer pulls his bow beside seated companions.