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.
15 illustrations
A long-haired woman pauses beside a young man sleeping beneath a tree.
A woman lifts one arm above a seated prince whose ankles and wrists are restrained.
A crowned, bearded figure is reflected upside down across a horizontal division within a serpent-shaped oval.
A crowned, bearded figure is mirrored upside down inside an oval serpent border.
Twenty-four numbered circular seals occupy six rows of four compartments.
Twenty-four circular seals continue the numbered sequence across a regular six-by-four grid.
Twenty-four round seals complete the main sequence of seventy-two spirits in the Goetia.
A large circular diagram divides named spirits among compass directions, with seasons written near its centre.
A dark figure emerges beside shallow water as a crowned woman approaches with a covering cloth.
A tall pale figure stands within a large crowned glass vessel.
Four circular designs are marked with Saturn’s planetary sign.
A large bearded face occupies one of four circles marked with the sign of the Sun.
Four circular figures carry the planetary sign of Venus above bands of Hebrew lettering.
Six metal amulets range from small intricate silver pendants to broad circular plaques and a shield-shaped piece.
A small fair-haired child stands on a branch beside a great dark crow.
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