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.
3 illustrations
A moustached man with close-cropped hair wears a dark suit and patterned bow tie.
A woman in a dark high-necked dress wears a small brooch and a cluster of flowers.
A faint human face appears beneath a crescent moon and star beside small emblematic signs.