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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Interlaced triangles and a five-pointed star give two different conceptions of divine order a geometric form.
A small square labelled Being stands between Spirit and Force above, Matter and Form below.
A central mineral axis meets branching lines for the descent into matter and re-ascent of spirit.
A bespectacled man with a long beard wears a light jacket and a dark bow tie.
A sun marked God stands above successive levels named Ideas, Principles, Laws and Essences.
Three circular forms surround a radiant centre within a larger triangular outline.
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