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.
10 illustrations
A woman bends towards a lion beneath an infinity sign, her hands placed near its open mouth.
Three numbered designs belong to the book's account of one person sending helpful thoughts to another at appointed times.
The serpent’s looping body makes a dense setting for Krishna and the figures appealing to him.
A traveller bends down beside the stream while a seated guide and a group of women watch within a wooded clearing.
A great standing figure presses against two columns while crowds and broken architecture fill the surrounding hall.
A crowned ruler sits at a covered table while a standing woman extends her hand towards another member of the company.
Two immense figures rise beside a circular stone enclosure while the much smaller travellers stand on the approach.
A haloed Christ kneels in a dark wooded setting with his hands lifted in prayer.
A muscular figure braces above curling waves with a line drawn tight across the scene.
A kneeling figure raises both arms towards a luminous angel in a wooded garden.
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