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.
7 illustrations
Olaf and his father notice a persistent dull-red light ahead of their sloop and first take it for a mock sun or mirage.
Pale skull-like forms rise from a dark lake beside a distant castle.
Long curling tentacles surround several dark spheres with brilliant white centres.
A shadowed human face emerges through a dense field of curling shapes and pale circles.
A woman stands amid a cloud of bright circular forms.
Large low-slung creatures overlap in a dark rocky setting.
A young woman crouches among large wolves with their heads close to hers.
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