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.
32 illustrations
Two slender figures stand at the edge of a broad black curve and look towards a great face in the pale moon.
A cloaked figure steps into a dark arched doorway with a bright lamp held low at his side.
A circular design encloses a triangle, three small rings, crosses and a central sign.
A group of robed men gathers in a dark grove; standing figures face one another while others sit at either side.
Two closely joined figures float above jagged rock, their drapery lifting around their bodies against the dark air.
An emaciated robed figure addresses two travellers while other gaunt people sit behind him.
A bearded man in a folded cap looks sideways from a sharply outlined bust portrait.
An exterior view of a timber house is placed above a bedroom interior.
An immense rounded train covered in peacock-eye patterns occupies the lower half of the scene.
A slender pale figure rises from a broad black garment layered with pointed panels and small star-like ornaments.
A dark-haired figure bends over a long pale body stretched across the black foreground.
Two slender figures face one another across a narrow pale space.
A tall woman in a long pale gown stands among small attendants and theatrical objects.
A tall elaborately adorned figure rises above two small attendants beside a great hanging lamp.
A bare-breasted dancer floats above a dark lower field scattered with curling ornaments.
A woman in a dark fitted gown stands beside narrow shelves of jars and bottles.
A seated woman faces an elaborate dressing arrangement with several attendants around her.
A dark-robed woman bends above a small stand holding a severed head.
A kneeling woman raises a severed head towards her face above a black pool.
An immense reclining figure rests among clouds beneath a dense canopy of decorative forms.
A slender visitor in an elaborate ruff stands with a fan and a long cane among fantastic flowers.
Small travellers cross a high platform above a city of brightly coloured towers, domes and striped roofs.
A long-coated figure stands with a cane and a dark object hanging from one hand.
An elongated figure bends across a field of broken black shapes.
A richly dressed dancer raises her arms before a crowd in an ornate courtyard.
A towering traveller in a green coat stands amid brightly coloured domes and small houses.
A richly dressed figure stands behind a broad patterned curtain.
Ten figures in varied hats, cloaks and bright garments form a loosely stacked group.
A young woman stands on a dark rise holding a long loop of beads.
A slender crowned figure stands beneath two immense dark wings with a sword in one hand and a shield in the other.
An elongated human figure leans against a great tree trunk with one arm stretched along its bark.
A seated or bending smith occupies a small anvil while an immense dark winged presence spreads over him.
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