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.
10 illustrations
Albert Pike sits in a chair beside a small table and globe, one hand raised against his face.
A standing Egyptian-style figure faces a small altar, a recumbent lion-like form and a vertical field of signs within an elongated oval.
Two standing figures handle ropes as a third emerges from a square opening among ruined walls and broken columns.
A crowned, bearded figure holds a staff among several lights inside a circular lettered border.
A pelican bends towards its young beneath a radiant cross bearing a rose.
Two fluted classical columns support different emblems: a winged globe on one and a coiled serpent on the other.
An altar with a geometric design and smoking vessel stands on a chequered floor between three tall candles.
Two hanging standards sit beneath peaked supports, one displaying an eagle and the other a cross.
Scales hang within a decorated arch above an open landscape.
A two-headed figure labelled REBIS stands on a dragon above a winged globe containing geometric lines.
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