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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Four long-robed figures gather around an open stone coffin while a winged human form ascends above it.
A monumental human form with a great scarab at the head towers over an altar and rows of small attendants.
Small repeated figures occupy horizontal bands inside an elaborate architectural frame.