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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Paul depicts the violent culmination of Raiko's expedition against Shutendoji, the Goblin King of Mount Oye.
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 man seated in a chair is held above a lively crowd of women, who raise their hands and look up towards him.
A standing man holds a tall staff wound with flowers, drawing the attention of a gathering beside him.
A crowd gathers outside a building around a coffin on a bier.
A young woman sits amid overflowing baskets and plates of fruit while animal-faced sellers crowd around her.
A pale serpentine apparition rises among palm trees above a mass of small dark figures.
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