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.
7 illustrations
A woman in a white dress and rose-coloured drapery stretches her hands towards a star in a deep blue sky.
Large pale swans crowd the woodland scene around a woman with flowing hair and clothes.
A pale profile appears beneath a richly ornamented helmet with a great curved plume.
A great curling figure spreads luminous patterns across a black star-filled sky above small flowers.
Thin stems carry open star-shaped blooms above a dense cluster of round leaves.
Long clusters of wistaria flowers hang above still water and a carefully arranged garden.
Long hanging blossoms shade a veranda beside a broad reflective pond.
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