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.
11 illustrations
Storm-driven water and ghostly warriors surround the boat carrying Yoshitsune and his companion Benkei.
A rose-coloured wing-form with a yellow centre stands beside a concentrated rose oval.
Rama draws his bow towards the leaping deer, fixing the deceptive chase at a moment of poised violence.
The serpent’s looping body makes a dense setting for Krishna and the figures appealing to him.
Patterned beads surround smaller pendants, including a hand, a scarab-like form and a square object bearing a face.
A large concentric pentacle headed for Saturn and Saturday fills the upper portion of a handwritten page.
The two cloaked travellers are surrounded by winged figures carrying raised hooks and poles across a rocky bank.
A curved model boat carries figures around a central reclining body beneath a raised framework.
A tall dark figure spreads great feathered wings while holding a long sword vertically.
A radiant young man stands amid a great company with arrows scattered around his feet.
A large winged figure spreads its arms above two children crossing an uneven riverside path.
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