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.
46 illustrations
A broad reclining man raises a glass beneath a large outlined title and a small jester’s head.
A woman in a long pale dress with a dark spotted train stands before patterned curtains.
Eight numbered designs combine Tau signs, a Chi-Rho emblem, a barred double door, a sword and smaller circular forms.
Nine circular designs combine geometric figures, lettering and monograms.
Several sweeping ranks of winged figures curve across the sky around two distant observers.
A crowned, bearded figure is reflected upside down across a horizontal division within a serpent-shaped oval.
A raised hand with two extended fingers casts a dark parallel silhouette.
A six-pointed arrangement of triangles surrounds a human face, an eagle, a bull and a lion.
Seven circular emblems are arranged around a cross-shaped field of lettering.
Five white discs occupy the points of a star against a black field.
A crowned, bearded figure is mirrored upside down inside an oval serpent border.
Seven circular emblems surround a central field of Greek and Hebrew lettering.
A rose stands above a small sacred figure in the centre of a lobed cross.
A dark circular serpent surrounds three intersecting circles crossed by an upright triangle.
Two elongated figures mirror one another beneath the author’s name.
Pink and orange letters rise through curling stems and blue sky.
Four circular designs are marked with Saturn’s planetary sign.
A large bearded face occupies one of four circles marked with the sign of the Sun.
Four circular figures carry the planetary sign of Venus above bands of Hebrew lettering.
A large dark crucifix occupies the centre of four lighter crosses with figures, lettering and decorative surfaces.
A woman in a long pale dress reaches towards a curtain beside large stacked lettering.
Brightly dressed performers gather around an exuberant central title while small winged figures cross the open ground.
A long-haired woman holds a flower stem beside her face with a closed book beneath one hand.
A woman in a large dark hat and heavy coat holds a small paper while another dark figure recedes behind her.
A woman raises a rectangular Black & White sign while balancing above a curved globe.
Dense decorative lettering surrounds a woman and small mythic figures within a narrow leafy frame.
A small smiling figure in a broad coat and hat spreads both arms beneath the magazine’s large title.
A woman with a dark bob and spotted clothing occupies one side of a tall theatrical bill.
A dark-clothed man bends forward with his head lowered and hands behind his back.
A woman in profile holds an open paper beside oversized block lettering.
A woman raises one arm and extends one leg while balancing on a dark horse.
Two closely aligned profile heads face an open magazine with a printed contents page.
Large Latin lettering stands above an emblematic drawing of hands and a small circular diagram.
Beneath the poem’s lettering, a figure crouches on bent knees with both arms drawn behind its head.
A long serpent coils across the pale page between the words Europe and Prophecy.
The title rises through a pale blue sky between branching forms.
A large oval contains a standing figure within a long crescent-shaped vessel, with animal-like heads at its ends.
An animal-headed standing figure raises sceptres near the centre while serpents and smaller deities fill the surrounding gems.
A crowned female figure occupies a circular seal surrounded by Latin lettering.
Three framed circular compartments contain a crab, the Roman numeral I and an inscription above the Cancer sign.
An angel-like figure, the Roman numeral XII and a lettered zodiacal compartment form a three-part panel.
A figure stretches its arms and legs across a red, gold and black field above the opening chapters of The Book of Urizen.
Three bent bodies occupy a narrow field of streaked yellow, red and black beneath the lettering.
A figure stands with feet set wide apart and arms raised beneath a dark rocky overhang.
A small horizontal body stretches across a dark band between two passages of illuminated text.
Two figures bow their heads above the poem’s lettering, one leaning forward from a kneeling position and the other curled tightly on the ground.
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