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 yellow cloud and a green cloud appear in separate dark panels.
Three shapes compare responses to the same imagined or reported shipwreck rather than depicting the wreck itself.
A firm oval and a looser cloud use similar colours to distinguish two spectators' reactions to a street accident.
Two forms compare mourners whom the authors describe as equally close to the deceased but differently prepared to understand death.
Art appreciation and reunion appear together on this paired plate, although their figure numbers run in reverse order.
A leaf-like form and a six-armed star illustrate attempts to direct benevolent thought beyond a single person.
Three numbered designs belong to the book's account of one person sending helpful thoughts to another at appointed times.
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