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.
16 illustrations
A cloaked figure steps into a dark arched doorway with a bright lamp held low at his side.
A mounted central figure advances through a company carrying branches and stretching garments across the route.
People and pack animals gather beside a high stone wall and the dark entrance of Jerusalem’s Jaffa Gate.
A seated or bending smith occupies a small anvil while an immense dark winged presence spreads over him.
Dark letter forms extend across irregular rows interrupted by damaged patches.
A group of men and women mourn on a raised terrace beside great architectural columns.
A reclining muscular body lies beneath several figures who lean and reach over it.
An elongated dark figure descends diagonally through broad curling streams.
A central nude figure stands beneath a canopy formed by two great curved bodies or wings.
An immense human form stretches across the upper half of a dark page.
A pale figure with outstretched arms stands below a dark crucified body suspended among branches.
A pale figure leans backwards within a narrow crescent-like form while another reaches upward nearby.
Two figures embrace within a tall oval formed by sweeping flame-like lines.
Outstretched human forms converge around a great dark circle within a field of radiating lines.
A long terrace of trees and domed buildings stretches beneath a bright sunset.
A woman rests a jar upon a low garden wall above a broad view of Jerusalem.
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