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
A dark-haired maiden lifts enormous wings above a long blue-green robe and a train of peacock feathers.
A young man in pink leans towards a woman in a yellow robe beside a pond and a willow tree.
A young woman holds a slender flute across her body above a dark blue robe patterned with pale flowers.
Two pale-faced women advance through a rounded dark opening, one carrying a glowing lantern.
Elaborately dressed figures and marine-looking forms gather under a great tree beside ornate buildings.
Two richly dressed figures lean together as a line of dark birds surrounds them against a pale sky.
A crowded company of oddly shaped figures fills the page with pink robes, dark hair and a huge pale-green face.
A brilliantly coloured bird rests on a slim branch with its long tail falling towards a small figure below.
A dark-robed monk leans on a staff beside a deer standing in deep snow.
An old man sits high in a large tree whose branches burst into pink flowers.
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