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.
21 illustrations
Working in an elderly gardener's plot, Camaralzaman sees one bird kill another and watches other birds bury the victim and punish its attacker.
Miyuki and Komagawa exchange fans as tokens of their promised love after meeting during a summer boat trip in Kyoto.
During the journey to Camaralzaman's homeland, the prince discovers a red inscribed stone tied into Badoura's girdle while she sleeps.
Art appreciation and reunion appear together on this paired plate, although their figure numbers run in reverse order.
Two men watch a distant woman crossing a rough mountainous landscape.
Mazumdar draws Radha and Krishna close together beneath the dark shelter of trees.
A foreground figure gathers swords while two other figures turn away across a windswept field.
A small group stands near a great dark rock above figures gathered at a distance across the valley.
A poorly clad man sits at the edge of a grand courtyard with dogs nearby, while diners and attendants occupy an elevated table in the distance.
Several men sleep upon dark ground beneath trees while a solitary upright figure remains visible in a brighter opening further within the garden.
A woman sits against a massive rock while a child lies stretched upon the open ground.
A small winged figure climbs a dark wooded height while water, plains and cloud spread far beyond it.
The two travellers stand beside seated and reclining figures under trees, with pale ground separating the group from the deeper shade.
The two cloaked travellers stand above a crowd of prone and kneeling bodies, one figure lifting his head and shoulders to address them.
A headless standing figure raises his severed head toward the poets while other exposed bodies fill the rocky ground below.
A small pale woman bends within an enormous sweep of hair-like currents and curling shapes.
A solitary figure stands on a rocky ledge beneath an extended procession of pale forms.
An overhead view divides the folded surface of the brain into numerous numbered areas.
A pale-clothed woman bends over a small round table where a child rests near her face.
A woman stands high upon a rocky ledge with one arm extended while an armoured rider departs below.
A standing swordsman faces a seated woman and children inside a screened room.
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