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 young woman in blue, pink and patterned robes moves above banks of golden clouds.
A pale-robed woman floats above a field of mountain clouds, her long ribbons curling outward through the sky.
Metal plates, projecting ornaments and small pendants crowd a photographed arrangement of horse harness.
Three richly dressed women move beneath an ornamental ceiling, their lifted hands and flowing ribbons crossing the shallow interior.
Long pale ribbons curl around a robed princess in a dark interior.
A darkly dressed man sits beneath a suspended vision of a pale woman held by another male figure.
A small winged child advances before a tall black skeleton with long angular limbs.
A long airborne figure crosses a dark star-filled sky with arms extended.
A small standing figure rises above a great dark mask-like head with a curling base.
A small female dancer leaps with one leg extended while immense curled ribbons rise above her.
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