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.
18 illustrations
A seated emperor faces forward beneath a court hat and voluminous ceremonial robes.
A man with a thick moustache and high collar faces the viewer within an oval photographic field.
A dark-haired man in a high collar looks outward from a photographic portrait.
A fish-clad standing figure appears beside an oval enclosing a smaller upright form.
A pale face appears within draped fabric against a dark background.
A mounted skeletal presence sweeps through a deeply shadowed field, with tangled bodies and threatening forms receding into the darkness behind it.
A stream of pale bodies sweeps through a vast dark space while the two travellers watch from a rough ledge.
President William McKinley appears in profile, wearing a formal dark coat and bow tie.
Two overlapping profiles show a man and a woman looking in the same direction.
A seated woman rests one arm beside a small table within an oval photographic frame.
A young man stands above a seated woman on a curved pedestal covered with words and symbols.
A heavily robed monk looks upwards with wide eyes beneath a close hood.
A white-haired man with a long beard sits in a dark formal suit beside a globe.
A moustached man poses in an embroidered coat, fur-trimmed cape and plumed hat with a staff at his side.
A woman looks directly towards the viewer beneath a dark hood with one hand supporting her cheek.
Many small portrait medallions fill a large oval field, each enclosed by a circular inscription.
Four separate portraits are arranged in a rectangular group.
Oval portrait frames break the regular grid of this nine-image montage.
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