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
Nested rectangular courts surround a central sanctuary in a lettered architectural plan.
A steep conical roof rises over a small round temple with an open lower arcade.
Circular and rectangular ground plans appear beneath long architectural elevations.
Small globes follow curling lines across concentric circles surrounding a centre labelled Ice.
Concentric circles are labelled from the Sun and Mercury outwards to Neptune and the Milky Way.
A round disk is divided into wedge-shaped sections containing repeated clusters of small circles.
A bare trunk divides into many slender branches with small forked endings.
Planetary signs, wings, a sun and moon surround three linked circles within a Latin inscription.
Many small divinities, teachers and guardian figures occupy a layered architectural field.
A symmetrical architectural plan is arranged around a central star beneath a pelican feeding its young.
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