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 seated figure holds a staff beneath a long curved scythe blade.
A dark-robed man stands beside a nude woman within a crowded interior of vessels and grotesque figures.
A small red central figure sends sharp multicoloured rays across a deep blue storm.
A huge indistinct figure rises above a tightly gathered town with its arms spread across the sky.