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.
12 illustrations
Two slender figures stand at the edge of a broad black curve and look towards a great face in the pale moon.
An immense rounded train covered in peacock-eye patterns occupies the lower half of the scene.
A slender pale figure rises from a broad black garment layered with pointed panels and small star-like ornaments.
A dark-haired figure bends over a long pale body stretched across the black foreground.
Two slender figures face one another across a narrow pale space.
A tall woman in a long pale gown stands among small attendants and theatrical objects.
A tall elaborately adorned figure rises above two small attendants beside a great hanging lamp.
A bare-breasted dancer floats above a dark lower field scattered with curling ornaments.
A woman in a dark fitted gown stands beside narrow shelves of jars and bottles.
A seated woman faces an elaborate dressing arrangement with several attendants around her.
A dark-robed woman bends above a small stand holding a severed head.
A kneeling woman raises a severed head towards her face above a black pool.
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