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.
14 illustrations
A bent, darkly dressed woman climbs over the rail of a ship.
A man raises a sword above a heavy chain disappearing into an opening in the floor.
A haloed mother holds a child above a crowded base of curling creatures.
A mother and child rest low in a stable while an elderly man and visiting figures gather around them.
Jesus sits on a low step with children gathered close around his knees as mothers and other adults approach with infants.
A woman sits against a massive rock while a child lies stretched upon the open ground.
Bright crimson vortices stand out against an oval crossed by repeated rose-coloured bands.
The travellers descend beneath a sheer cliff as winged pursuers crowd the space above their route.
A dark-robed woman floats within an oval of golden light.
A woman and two children gather beside a grave beneath the spreading branches of a tree.
A woman in red sits high on a rugged rock beside a small child.
A hooded woman holds a child in deep shadow outside a garden arcade.
A dark-haired woman in a red garment bends slightly beneath a child resting against her back.
A crowned woman holds a small child above a coiled serpent amid lilies.
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