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.
6 illustrations
A scalloped outline encloses coloured lines and small floating crescents above a church.
Tall layered pillars stand beside small figure pendants, vessel-like forms and looped knots.
A frontal torso exposes the layered muscles of the chest, abdomen and neck.
A heavy rounded flowerhead bends above serrated leaves and several smaller buds.
A nude figure seen from behind lifts both arms between tall vertical forms.
A pale winding band disappears between broad dark cloud-like forms.
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