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.
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Three shapes compare responses to the same imagined or reported shipwreck rather than depicting the wreck itself.
A wounded man is carried towards the steps of a building beside his animal, while people at the entrance turn towards the arriving company.
A pale company stands upon a raised ridge while fallen bodies and weapons cover the lower ground.
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