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
Red lightning and a narrow, dagger-like shape give anger two different durations in this paired plate.
The poets stand beside two exposed heads, one leaning over the other at the surface of the frozen pit.
A monkey tumbles among animated objects and attacking figures inside a furnished room.
A standing swordsman faces a seated woman and children inside a screened room.
An armed man stands above a fallen figure within a Japanese interior.
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