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
An immense dark figure with bright eyes and a glowing torso rises above a crowded ceremonial platform.
An enthroned ruler sits high above a crowded scene of figures, steps and rising smoke.
Figures handle tablets in a monumental library interior.
A white-robed figure spreads his arms before a seated ruler.
A young man holds a bloodied dagger beside a bent figure and a dark curtain.
A radiant crowned warrior faces an immense dark monster.
A crowned woman raises her arms above a long orange garment.
A brilliant winged figure rises above a crowded fortified gateway.
An enthroned man sits beside a brilliant rectangular window.
A young man clasps his hands beside an altar engulfed in flames.
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