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.
3 illustrations
A broad reclining man raises a glass beneath a large outlined title and a small jester’s head.
Two men face one another at a cottage doorway.
A singer and a guitarist stand beneath a dense frieze of small figures.