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
A frontal human figure steps out of a dark rectangular chamber into a broad, stark landscape.
A pale figure stands within a bright doorway, one hand raised towards the surrounding darkness.
A winding river cuts through a bare valley beneath black, branching trees.
Huge dark tree trunks crowd the picture while small pale figures climb, fall and run between them.
A sheer tower rises through a sharply divided black-and-white space, with a tiny figure at its summit and others falling or clinging beside it.
An immense stairway curls around a dark central mass, with small human figures climbing its edge and falling into the surrounding space.
Small figures move and stumble through a street enclosed by enormous rounded buildings.
An oversized face appears between meshing gears, wheels and mechanical shafts, while much smaller people occupy the surrounding machinery.
A face and pale body are compressed into a narrow vertical opening between high geometric walls.
A large face looks upward within broad, spiralling bands while small figures are scattered across the surrounding field.
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