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.
8 illustrations
A monk-like figure stands on the deck of a boat while a huge dark wave rises into pale fantastic shapes.
Miyuki and Komagawa exchange fans as tokens of their promised love after meeting during a summer boat trip in Kyoto.
A white-robed elderly figure appears above a seated courtier on a wooden veranda.
A woman kneels among scattered rocks and turns towards a shadowy upright presence beside a steep cliff.
Broken classical columns rise above a shore crowded with ships and wreckage.
A pointed Gothic doorway stands within pale stone walls below a warm bare hillside.
Small long-limbed figures hurry through dark grass carrying rounded mushroom-like forms.
A small child lies upon the floor of a dark columned church.
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