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.
10 illustrations
Sita offers a garland to Rama while an elder rests a hand on his shoulder; the broken bow lies across the foreground.
A man seated in a chair is held above a lively crowd of women, who raise their hands and look up towards him.
A seated man holds a curved instrument or staff beside his body while lifting one hand among hanging leaves.
Two closely joined figures float above jagged rock, their drapery lifting around their bodies against the dark air.
The two cloaked travellers stand above a crowd of prone and kneeling bodies, one figure lifting his head and shoulders to address them.
A domed wire cage stands on short feet beneath a lifting ring, with small compartments projecting from its lower sides.
Two figures stand close beneath a tall tree, one lifting a small cup towards the blue sky.
Two figures stand close together in the shade of dense trees, one lifting a circular instrument above the shoulder.
Four small figures cling to a flat rectangular surface above enormous white currents.
A round well with a curved lifting frame occupies the foreground beside tall cypresses.
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