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.
5 illustrations
A young woman extends her hand towards a crowned head within a squat iron stove.
The standing traveller and the two guardians form a tense group at the threshold.
A company of small figures gathers beneath a tall branching tree while the two travellers stand at the edge of the woodland scene.
The two cloaked travellers are surrounded by winged figures carrying raised hooks and poles across a rocky bank.
A winged pursuer stretches toward a falling or diving human figure above the dark, disturbed surface of the pit.
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