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.
16 illustrations
An armoured warrior strides forward with a great sword while a broad banner streams above him.
A young woman stands on a dark rise holding a long loop of beads.
A small musician looks up towards a vast haloed figure seated among clouds.
A black sailing ship leans above a dark sea while fine rays rise through an almost empty sky.
Richly dressed musicians gather beside pale water beneath delicate branches and a small yellow moon.
A pale profile appears beneath a richly ornamented helmet with a great curved plume.
Two long-legged birds stand together above a small town within a round border formed by a serpent.
Two small shields sit above an oval device containing a robed figure with a book.
Human-like faces emerge from a dense vertical pattern of curling stems and leaves.
An enthroned figure occupies the centre of an architectural canopy while attendants gather on either side.
A winged figure assists a nude woman at a dark opening framed by curling ornament.
A lion and unicorn flank an elaborate crowned structure filled with smaller figures and a circular mirror.
A crowned female figure occupies a circular seal surrounded by Latin lettering.
A geometric star occupies the centre of an arched frame above a winged head.
A seated female figure wears a tall architectural crown and holds a long sceptre beneath an arch.
Dense foliage, small faces and curling forms fill a group of horizontal decorative panels.
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