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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Badoura looks toward the harbour while ruling the Ebony Isles under Camaralzaman's identity.
Working in an elderly gardener's plot, Camaralzaman sees one bird kill another and watches other birds bury the victim and punish its attacker.
Miyuki and Komagawa exchange fans as tokens of their promised love after meeting during a summer boat trip in Kyoto.
At Badoura's command, the ship's captain returns to seize Camaralzaman and bring him to the Ebony Isles.
A seated young woman is surrounded by richly dressed companions in a garden.
Art appreciation and reunion appear together on this paired plate, although their figure numbers run in reverse order.
The royal company travels through clouds in the great swan-shaped vehicle Pushpaka, beneath an expansive white canopy.
A kneeling youth presses close to an older standing man whose arms extend around him, while a company of travellers and attendants approaches behind.
A small pale woman bends within an enormous sweep of hair-like currents and curling shapes.
A great carved face fills the centre of a patterned structure beneath a broad mountain-like form.
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