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.
26 illustrations
Bright branching lines radiate from several points around a dark centre.
A dragon fills a square textile panel above waves and dense ornamental patterns.
A young speaker raises his hand before a seated ruler in a vast hall of carved columns.
Rows of round devices contain curls, triangles, crosses and repeated hooked marks.
Long bands of stepped geometric masonry cover a ruined facade above low openings and encroaching vegetation.
Small hand diagrams and isolated line patterns form a numbered and lettered comparison.
Orion occupies the centre of a rectangular star chart, with Taurus, Eridanus and Lepus named in the surrounding field.
Sixteen patterns of single and double points appear in paired rows beside planetary signs.
Two square charts are divided into triangular houses around a central field.
Point patterns fill the triangular houses of a square chart, with planetary signs added beside them.
Six separate diagrams arrange funnels, globes and small internal patterns within contrasting external shapes.
An immense rounded train covered in peacock-eye patterns occupies the lower half of the scene.
Four circular figures carry the planetary sign of Venus above bands of Hebrew lettering.
Horizontal rows pair small dot patterns with names and increasingly elaborate geometric signs.
A long dark figure stands above two pale children enclosed by curling lines and feather-like patterns.
Dark curved patterns divide a pale oval face around sharply cut eyes and an open mouth.
A tall pointed crest rises above a broad horizontal band with circular eyes.
Two circular geometric patterns divide a tabletop into rings and smaller fields.
A bearded figure in an elaborate pointed cap turns across a broad gold-coloured field.
A great curling figure spreads luminous patterns across a black star-filled sky above small flowers.
A dark-haired maiden lifts enormous wings above a long blue-green robe and a train of peacock feathers.
A woman in a long dark gown holds a fine leash attached to a black panther.
A muscular figure braces above curling waves with a line drawn tight across the scene.
Two long-robed men face each other across a narrow black doorway, their raised arms and swords almost mirror images.
A gigantic bearded face looks down above two much smaller travellers.
A narrow window and a tall panel of circular patterns stand above shallow steps.
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