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.
28 illustrations
Hoori meets the sea god's daughter in a realm beneath the water.
A seated figure bends his head towards his knees beneath a rocky overhang.
A crowned woman sits with joined hands on a cloud beneath countless angelic heads.
A bulky animal-bodied figure stands beside a smaller seated figure beneath a disc-like crown.
A seated figure holds a staff beneath a long curved scythe blade.
Three approaching figures face a large solar disc set upon an altar before a seated deity beneath an arched shrine.
A seated Osiris faces a royal figure accompanied by the falcon-headed Horus, with a standing goddess at the opposite side.
Four circular devices occupy separate compartments beneath handwritten descriptions.
A bearded seated man is surrounded by younger figures inside a bare chamber lit through a high barred opening.
A seated man and several younger figures huddle in a dim chamber beneath a narrow barred window.
Two robed figures sit at a rocky cliff while a pale crescent hangs above the distant sea.
A woman stands before a seated man in a submerged chamber ornamented with skulls, bones and strange marine forms.
Several rectangular impressions show small standing figures, animals and seated deities in horizontal scenes.
A robed man extends a cup towards a seated woman in a wooded setting.
A darkly dressed man sits beneath a suspended vision of a pale woman held by another male figure.
Four small figures cling to a flat rectangular surface above enormous white currents.
Two figures dance close together beneath a round moon hanging among curled branches.
A young man lies on a purple carpet beside a seated woman in gold, blue and violet garments.
Elaborately dressed figures and marine-looking forms gather under a great tree beside ornate buildings.
A pale woman on hands and knees faces a goat beneath a crowded group of dark figures.
A broad group dressed in white gathers beneath leafy trees around a seated woman.
Tall ships crowd together above a churning sea, their decks full of small figures and their rigging thick with intersecting lines.
A seated female figure wears a tall architectural crown and holds a long sceptre beneath an arch.
A central text panel is surrounded by a tall pylon-like frame filled with small figures and symbols.
Small figures, laden animals and market activity gather beneath an ornate doorway, a minaret and a rounded dome.
A man supports a frightened young woman beneath a pair of enormous disembodied eyes.
Seated figures gather beneath an elaborate canopy in a decorated interior.
Pale figures rise above breaking waves beneath a luminous sky.
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