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 young man with a small moustache faces slightly to one side above a dark suit and high collar.
A young woman raises one arm among flowering branches in a densely worked garden.
A nude woman holds a small mirror beside a basin of still water.
A pale woman lowers her head towards a reclining companion beneath softly drawn drapery.