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.
12 illustrations
An old man sits high in a large tree whose branches burst into pink flowers.
A swimmer stretches beneath dark blue water below the hull of a large wooden boat.
A crowded company of armed men surrounds a kneeling figure in a snowy setting.
A standing swordsman faces a seated woman and children inside a screened room.
A richly dressed young woman stands in an open doorway while a man crouches nearby.
An armed man stands above a fallen figure within a Japanese interior.
An armed crew fills a large sailing vessel riding upon stylised waves.
Several figures struggle inside a Japanese room beside patterned screens.
A grotesque creature rises from tall grass before a man sheltering beneath a small roof.
Two contrasting scenes show an old man beside a small sparrow and an old woman confronted by monsters.
A strange long-necked figure bends towards a seated man beside a lantern.
A great dark cat bends over a reclining woman in a patterned interior.
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