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.
40 illustrations
Two fish swim in opposite directions beneath a harbour of sailing vessels in Redgrove's Plate 2, captioned as an emblem of body, soul and spirit.
Eight numbered designs combine Tau signs, a Chi-Rho emblem, a barred double door, a sword and smaller circular forms.
Two figures lift a long rectangular lid above a chest containing a smaller reclining form.
Twenty-seven numbered signs move from lines and letter-like forms to fire, water, animals and bodily emblems.
A flowering stem occupies a diamond inside a square, with letters and small emblems in the surrounding compartments.
A hand emerges from a cloud holding an upright sword through a crown with hanging foliage above mountains.
Ten pentacles overlay a scene of an older seated figure, two dogs, a child and adults beneath an archway.
A robed woman holds a bird on one wrist amid grapevines, nine pentacles and a distant house.
A seated craft worker uses a hammer on a pentacle while six finished emblems hang vertically and another lies below.
A craft worker stands on a bench beneath a vaulted arch while two other figures look upward toward the work.
A raised hand with two extended fingers casts a dark parallel silhouette.
Seven circular emblems are arranged around a cross-shaped field of lettering.
Seven circular emblems branch from a central stem, each joining a different image or geometric design with a planetary or metal label.
A divided circular wheel combines human and animal forms, small internal emblems and surrounding inscriptions.
Seven circular emblems surround a central field of Greek and Hebrew lettering.
Two fluted classical columns support different emblems: a winged globe on one and a coiled serpent on the other.
A scarab and winged scarab occupy the top of a numbered plate above eye emblems, slender pendants and small pillars.
A seven-by-seven number grid fills the upper field above two small linear devices.
An open hand carries stars, planetary symbols and numbered markings along the fingers and palm.
A crowned, many-armed Indra sits on an elaborately dressed elephant beneath spreading trees.
A bearded, robed figure holds up a smoking vessel beside a five-by-five tablet of letters and small emblems.
A vast wind-blown figure strides through a landscape with a small human form visible within his body.
A woman stands beside a great steaming vat with cloth held in both hands.
Several circles combine names, small symbols and geometric divisions around a central ritual arrangement.
Small animals range from cattle and birds to larger lion-like and horned forms.
A tall dark cross bears small rose emblems and a central diamond-shaped sign beneath a crown.
Two tall pillars frame a black-and-white pavement with a central star and the letter G.
An oval design contains two architectural compartments above a round medal showing a sunlit mountain.
Concentric inscribed bands enclose a central radiant field with divine and celestial emblems.
Two worshippers raise their hands before an enthroned figure holding ceremonial emblems within a shrine.
A semicircular cope carries three crowned portcullises surrounded by sweeping rose stems, with a figured border along its straight edge.
Rows of triangles, crosses, circles, letter-like strokes and other signs cover the comparison plate.
Two small shields sit above an oval device containing a robed figure with a book.
A crowned female figure occupies a circular seal surrounded by Latin lettering.
Names and small emblems form two long sequences connected by branching lines.
A bearded man with a small cap and broad ruff looks from an oval frame.
Two elaborate coats of arms stand side by side with heraldic creatures and architectural emblems.
Pillars, arches, radiant emblems and a long central inscription fill a formal certificate design.
An allegorical figure appears amid architectural forms, clouds and Masonic emblems.
Two outlined footprints contain wheels, floral emblems and other small symbols.
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