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.
11 illustrations
Two richly dressed readers sit close together beside a tall window, a book resting near them as one leans toward the other.
A robed guide extends his arm toward a three-headed beast while Dante stands behind him among bodies lying in the wet ground.
A standing nude occupies one small framed panel beside a circular diagram filled with divisions and signs.
A large reclining woman arches above a crowd of smaller figures.
A youthful figure stretches or steps beside a tall old man holding a staff.
A young man stands above a seated woman on a curved pedestal covered with words and symbols.
A dark-robed man stands beside a nude woman within a crowded interior of vessels and grotesque figures.
A youthful figure turns away from the viewer while drawing a great curtain aside.
A seated man leans back on a folding chair while small crawling forms gather near his feet.
Contorted bodies arc across the upper scene above a seated figure and dense curling forms.
A small figure bends below an immense oval enclosure of flowing curtains and masks.
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