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.
4 illustrations
A woman with neatly arranged hair wears a high neckline fastened by a small brooch.
Two overlapping profiles show a man and a woman looking in the same direction.
A woman with elaborately arranged hair wears a high-necked patterned dress and a dark necklace.
An elderly man and a woman sit together at a cloth-covered table with papers before them.