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.
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A bearded figure crouches within a great golden circle and extends one arm towards the darkness below.
People slump against stone walls or lie across the paving of a narrow street.
Two figures sit close together on ruined stone steps while a tall pale apparition stands before them.
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