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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Figure 38 represents, in Besant and Leadbeater's account, a meditator's wish to embrace all humanity and draw it toward a higher ideal.
A leaf-like form and a six-armed star illustrate attempts to direct benevolent thought beyond a single person.
Interlaced triangles and a five-pointed star give two different conceptions of divine order a geometric form.
A framed African map marks regions and routes within the continent.
Robert Burns wears a high collar and a loosely gathered neckcloth in a small printed portrait.
A large reclining woman arches above a crowd of smaller figures.
Long curved tusks and a shaggy body outline form the image of a mammoth on an irregular engraved fragment.
A powerful winged figure rises above clouds with a long scythe held across the body.
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