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
Seated figures occupy a wooden interior before a small altar and hanging religious pictures.
A line of pilgrims climbs diagonally across a rocky slope beneath a pale sky.
A striped tiger springs towards an armed rider upon a camel against a dark desert landscape.
Two armed riders advance across a pale desert while a walking figure carries long chains.