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.
13 illustrations
A mother and child rest low in a stable while an elderly man and visiting figures gather around them.
Three travellers ride camels above a distant line of companions, beneath a sky whose small bright star commands their attention.
Jesus sits on a low step with children gathered close around his knees as mothers and other adults approach with infants.
Solid and outlined blocks distinguish an officer’s cavalry, infantry and Danton’s infantry.
A richly dressed woman stands beside attendants who kneel around a small basket holding an infant.
A woman holding an infant rides a donkey led by a man with a staff.
A pale-robed woman raises one hand as a seated woman holds an infant before a richly patterned court.
A seated woman bends over a small infant amid long curved stems and blue flowers.
A seated man and woman lean together beneath a small two-headed figure standing on raised ground.
The Infanta stands among richly dressed children beneath a hanging canopy and dense foliage.
A small court performer raises his hands before the figure reflected opposite him.
The Infanta’s immense decorated skirt dominates a group of rigidly dressed courtiers.
Robed figures gather around an elderly man holding an infant in a grand architectural interior.
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