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
A group gathers beside small boats on a wooded shore while one figure raises a long leaf.
A projecting stone head with an open angular mouth and elaborate carved ornament rests against a ruined wall.
A seated stone figure with a broad headdress and circular ear ornaments forms an architectural support.
Relief panels and geometric stonework surround a dark rectangular entrance.
A carved figure with large circular ear ornaments and a broad headdress holds both arms beside the head.
A dark rounded vessel with two small handles rises into an exceptionally long narrow neck.
Three horizontal registers combine seated figures, animals and dense groups of glyphs.
Stacked registers of figures, vessels and glyph blocks occupy a narrow manuscript page.
The weathered head and long forepaws of the Sphinx stand before the pyramids and surrounding desert.
A spotted feline lies with its head lowered beside a large rectangular stone amid low vegetation.
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