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.
9 illustrations
A standing witch-finder appears between two seated women while named animal familiars occupy the foreground.
A cloaked rider carries a young woman on a pale horse among underwater rocks and creatures.
A winged fairy sits in a great purple nautilus shell with long curved spines.
A pale sea-nymph sits on a shell-like form and raises a long dark strand above the water.
A cloaked figure sits among rough rocks and small gathered creatures.
Contorted bodies arc across the upper scene above a seated figure and dense curling forms.
A lion and lioness occupy the foreground of a broad natural setting.
A seated woman is surrounded by attendants, small creatures and extravagant decorative objects.
Crabs gather around broad rock pillars and dark openings beneath an island.
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