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.
3 illustrations
An armoured figure stands within a canopied vehicle above two opposed sphinxes.
An armoured, crowned figure holds a sceptre beneath a star-covered canopy.
A crowned charioteer appears above two sphinxes in one design and a pair of horses in the other.