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.
23 illustrations
A ring of changing moons surrounds a four-part interior containing small symbolic figures.
Four dark panels contain blue curved forms with red trails, green triangles, blue crosses and a blue ring around a red centre.
A raised hand with two extended fingers casts a dark parallel silhouette.
A six-pointed arrangement of triangles surrounds a human face, an eagle, a bull and a lion.
Two simplified human forms appear above circular diagrams marked C and D, with dots and rays indicating their internal arrangements.
A seated practitioner faces a small table bearing a crystal within a circular diagram.
A long line of robed figures passes beside dark trees and low water, their bodies lit against the shadowed wood.
A standing figure holds a branching form above a narrow platform, with a bird, vessels and other small objects below.
An open hand carries stars, planetary symbols and numbered markings along the fingers and palm.
Two opposed sets of cones are divided by horizontal lines carrying historical dates and bracketed phase numbers.
A hexagram encloses a square of letters within interlaced circular bands.
Two interlocking triangles form a six-pointed star inside a circle.
Four letters H and two letters O are distributed through the points of interlocking triangles.
Two roughly drawn circles share a vertical axis with cardinal letters around their edges.
A numbered ring of waxing and waning moons surrounds crossing diagonals and a horizontal axis.
An upper crowned human figure spreads both arms above a complex descending network of circles.
Complete and interrupted squares place letters along borders, diagonals and small inner corners.
An inverted triangle and a large central syllable occupy a ring of dark petals.
A large pale downward-pointing triangle fills the centre of a dark petalled ring.
A fierce figure grips the rim of a circular diagram divided into scenes.
A pale inverted body fills a narrow dark panel beside rows of signs, small diagrams and letter-like shapes.
Names and small emblems form two long sequences connected by branching lines.
Named circles and connecting lines align gods, elements and the family of Evenor and Cleito.
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