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.
11 illustrations
A radiant sun shines above a crowned lion, a child and a robed figure carrying a flowering branch, beside a fire-headed companion.
A standing figure points a sword towards a crowned ruler seated on a throne.
A luminous company descends through clouds towards the foreground, where several draped figures become individually visible.
Planetary names divide an open palm into labelled regions.
A concentric pentacle is headed for Mercury and Wednesday, with Alpha et Omega written across its centre.
The Sun’s circular sign sits at the centre of a six-pointed star.
Two male figures stand in a stone interior before a seated worker at a bright hearth.
Small figures travel and work across a broad landscape of hills, fields and river banks.
A seated man and woman lean together beneath a small two-headed figure standing on raised ground.
Three men stand around a great animal hide beside a small fire.
Concentric circles are labelled from the Sun and Mercury outwards to Neptune and the Milky Way.
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