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.
7 illustrations
An elaborate lamp carries a triangular crown of flames and branching side lights above a decorated base.
Seven circular emblems are arranged around a cross-shaped field of lettering.
Seven circular emblems surround a central field of Greek and Hebrew lettering.
Decorated elephants carry seated figures above a dense gathering.
A seated, turbaned astronomer lifts a telescope towards a starry sky.
A bearded man holds a wand inside an inscribed circle surrounded by books, vessels and astronomical instruments.
Thirteen numbered objects range from long pointed blades to small handled implements and a bone-like form.
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