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.
17 illustrations
Albert Pike sits in a chair beside a small table and globe, one hand raised against his face.
John Lobb stands in a dark suit and waistcoat, a watch chain crossing his torso above one lowered hand.
A standing figure holds its hands before the upper body above a broad lower torso and rectangular support.
A young companion stands beside a tall, robed elder with a large pale disc behind them.
A seated man in a turban and pale robe rests one hand on his knee.
Swami Vivekananda stands with his arms folded across his chest, wearing a turban and a dark close-fitting garment.
A horned stone figure leans over a parapet with its chin held between its hands.
A seated man with a moustache holds an open book beside a globe and hanging leaves.
A man with a long white beard turns in profile within a dark oval.
Carved figures climb the tall sides of a gateway at Karnak, while a winged sun disc spans the lintel over the dark opening.
Three pyramids rise above an open plain as camel riders cross the foreground.
A curved model boat carries figures around a central reclining body beneath a raised framework.
The broad pylon of the Temple of Horus rises behind clustered roofs and palms, with a bare ridge in the distance.
Two circular details isolate faces from crowded groups, one captioned Dante and the other Beatrice.
Massive stone uprights stand beneath a surviving horizontal lintel, with smaller fallen stones and grass around their bases.
Bright, branching prominences rise above a dark curved solar limb.
Three oval pictures interrupt a grid of rectangular studio views.
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