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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Raiko encounters a weeping woman beside a mountain stream on the way to the Goblin King's stronghold.
Jatayu’s spread wings interrupt the movement of Ravana and his captive Sita, turning the air itself into a battlefield.
A young man with a sword turns towards a woman holding a hanging vessel.
A group of robed men gathers in a dark grove; standing figures face one another while others sit at either side.
A green-clad young woman reaches towards a plainly dressed traveller on a woodland path.
Human and hybrid figures grapple with animals across a narrow horizontal relief.
Two registers combine houses, flying figures, demons and domestic encounters.
A pale youth turns within the broad star-covered robe of a much larger crowned figure.
Small figures climb a great angular structure filled with platforms, wheels and hanging buckets.
A pale woman stands among three white polar bears beneath a dark starry sky.
A traveller stands among towering flowers beneath a broad arc of light.
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