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.
9 illustrations
A fierce snowstorm drives Olaf Jansen and his father northward among the icebergs, threatening to capsize their fishing sloop.
Olaf and his father notice a persistent dull-red light ahead of their sloop and first take it for a mock sun or mirage.
A boat from an enormous ship brings six sailors to Olaf Jansen's becalmed sloop near a forested riverbank.
Olaf and his father are received by the Great High Priest, ruler of the inner continent, in a hall described as gold and jewels.
During their tour of the inner continent, the travellers encounter a vast herd of elephants tearing branches from giant trees.
On the attempted return through the southern opening of Emerson's inner world, Olaf's father warns of an immense white obstruction ahead.
Men gather around a seated figure while a woman stands in the doorway.
A man and a woman stand beside an ornate riverside lamp with London’s clock tower behind them.
A kneeling man spreads objects upon a room’s floor while two top-hatted men watch from the doorway.
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