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.
10 illustrations
Terraced buildings and a central tower rise from a small island-like landscape beside an unfamiliar creature.
A long diagonal bridge crosses a pale lake above three drawings of strange flowering plants.
An angular house stands above a second complex of rounded towers, terraces and connecting structures.
A long-tailed creature with radiating appendages appears above a small dark-robed human figure.
A small device trails a great fan of fine lines above a broad flower with curled dark petals.
A small boat crosses the foreground below a hill crowned by an elaborate palace.
A bridge cuts across a stylised landscape above three separate botanical-looking designs.
A rectangular house stands above a second view of a waterside settlement crowded with turrets and ornamental pinnacles.
A long-tailed creature fills the upper drawing while a robed man and a hanging lamp occupy the lower panel.
A narrow mechanical device projects a wide fan of fine marks in the upper drawing.
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