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.
8 illustrations
A bearded man is drawn in profile with short hair and a decorated collar.
David Livingstone faces forward in a high collar and bow tie.
A woman with neatly arranged hair wears a high neckline fastened by a small brooch.
Nathaniel Hawthorne appears with a moustache, long side hair and a dark tied neckcloth.
A bearded man with a bald crown faces slightly to one side in a small printed portrait.
A man with loosely curling hair turns slightly to the viewer’s left.
Robert Burns wears a high collar and a loosely gathered neckcloth in a small printed portrait.
Two overlapping profiles show a man and a woman looking in the same direction.
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