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
A richly dressed young woman looks down towards a pool enclosed by slender trees.
A young woman stands at a decorated doorway beneath a bright round moon.
Two small figures hurry across an ornate bridge suspended above a pale landscape.
Tall trunks fill the narrow image with closely repeated vertical lines.
Two men watch a distant woman crossing a rough mountainous landscape.
Small figures cluster within a compact woodland ornament beneath the contents list.
A long-haired woman stands in a boat at the edge of a moonlit lake, reaching towards a man who raises both hands.
A young woman in a tall hat is surrounded by tiny dancing figures, with musicians playing small harps at either side.
Two men face one another at a cottage doorway.
A pale bear carries a small rider through a snowy landscape beneath a huge blue curve of sky.
A young woman stands beside a richly dressed man under patterned hangings.
A powerful pale figure strides above an immense curling wave.
A young man in a great pale bearskin sits close beside a richly dressed princess.
A pale woman stands beside a tall decorated bed while richly robed figures gather at the left.
A crowned man bends beside a young woman on a flower-covered slope.
A dark-robed woman floats within an oval of golden light.
A small traveller stands before an immense curling black rock or tree form.
A long-bearded traveller strides on narrow snow-shoes with a staff in one hand.
Two richly robed figures face one another beneath a wide architectural arch.
Mounted figures move through a pale landscape towards a castle rising among rounded trees.
A young man turns away from a princess at a doorway surrounded by fantastic carved figures.
A dark horse carries an elaborately dressed rider beneath diagonal bands of light.
A small pale figure bends beside an immense curved white bed beneath a hanging lamp.
A mounted warrior raises his weapon above a dense field of round shields and crossed spears.
Three tall pale figures stand close together beneath diagonal strokes of snow.
Three pale princesses stand hand in hand against a deep blue chasm.
A tall cloaked figure raises a small object to his mouth beneath a curving flock of black birds.
A muscular child with dark hair and a checked sash bends towards a monkey and a white rabbit.
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