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.
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A radiant triangle inscribed Jeova fills one circular design; a square and central solar form organise the other.
Letters and small circular signs surround a cross within a ruled geometric design.
A seated solar figure raises one arm while a smaller woman reaches towards him from below.
A large concentric pentacle bears Alpha et Omega at its centre beneath a heading naming the Sun and Sunday.
A dark circular disc is surrounded by a brilliant irregular corona.
A dark circular disc interrupts an irregular pale corona against an almost black sky.
A six-by-six grid of numbers appears above two contrasting linear signs.
A procession of divine and human forms occupies three connected boats above a band of water.
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