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 young man bends forward and empties a sack towards the flames at the foot of a tree.
A frontal face projects from a rounded rocky surround, with deeply modelled eyes, ears and brow.
Demons with mixed animal features seize the limbs and clothing of a bearded saint suspended above a rocky edge.
Two men bend towards a small framed surface held between them.
Houdini’s portrait appears with additional pale faces or forms in the same photographic field.
A balding man in an embroidered doublet and broad pale collar faces the viewer above a printed title.
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