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
After another escape and recapture, Vikram decides that walking while solving the Baital's riddles may be confusing him.
An immense serpent curls above rough water beside a sailing ship beneath moonlit clouds.
A hovering woman addresses the two robed travellers beside a rocky ledge, with another figure close behind her in the moving air.