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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.
32 illustrations
A fierce snowstorm drives Olaf Jansen and his father northward among the icebergs, threatening to capsize their fishing sloop.
A pale young woman raises her arms beneath dark tree trunks.
Two small figures stand below immense concentric ranks of winged beings surrounding a radiant centre.
Two figures walk through falling snow beneath a lighted window containing five pentacles.
Three draped women stand close together at the edge of a shallow woodland stream.
A pale bear carries a small rider through a snowy landscape beneath a huge blue curve of sky.
A long-bearded traveller strides on narrow snow-shoes with a staff in one hand.
Three tall pale figures stand close together beneath diagonal strokes of snow.
A line of robed travellers appears to move through pale clouds above a seated meditator and distant landscape.
Two richly dressed figures grapple with drawn swords beneath a snow-covered pine.
Purple, green and blue circular bands enclose a pale figure above snowy mountains.
An aged man kneels before a luminous robed figure and raises the hem of its garment towards his face.
Children gather on snow-covered ground beside a building.
Small brightly dressed animals stand beside icy water beneath snow-covered trees and distant houses.
A lone figure lowers his head and advances with a long stick.
A pale woman stands among three white polar bears beneath a dark starry sky.
A dark-robed monk leans on a staff beside a deer standing in deep snow.
A small child in a pale winter coat stands beside an iron gate beneath snow-laden branches.
A crowd of little workers surrounds a steep-roofed cottage beneath snowy trees.
A bare-footed child in a simple pale garment stands beneath snow-covered branches.
A pale princess rides within a swan-shaped sledge behind a finely adorned reindeer team.
Two figures hurry through an open landscape of pale snow and dark branching vegetation.
A man supports a lifeless figure on the snow while the body of a wolf lies nearby.
A seated man watches a carp pushing through a narrow opening in a frozen pond.
A high snow-covered peak rises above rocks, pines and a small waterfall.
Pink rhododendrons spread across a rocky foreground above dark conifers.
A high triangular summit rises above snowfields, dark rocks and green alpine ground.
A small still lake lies within a steep bowl of broken rock, scree and snow.
A crowded company of armed men surrounds a kneeling figure in a snowy setting.
A small red-cloaked traveller climbs beside a bare tree above snow-covered huts.
A procession follows a snowy road beneath pine trees beside a broad stretch of water.
A bearded fairy works upon pale snowflakes while a taller winged companion stands behind him.
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