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
Two winged figures face one another above a rectangular chest, their extended wings enclosing the space between them.
Winged and horned figures crowd around an elevated gathering in an immense cavern.
Two armed winged figures fly across an opening between wooded banks, their spread wings cutting diagonally through the sky.
Winged figures with long hooked weapons gather around an upright robed traveller on the edge of a dark hollow.
Two winged figures grapple above a dark pool while the travellers remain small on a high ledge to the left.
Two small robed figures face immense curved ranks of winged figures extending across the sky.
A dark kneeling traveller looks toward winged figures in the clouds beside a standing woman.
Carved figures climb the tall sides of a gateway at Karnak, while a winged sun disc spans the lintel over the dark opening.
A dark winged figure reaches towards a pale fairy floating above mountain slopes.
Tiny winged figures stand and peer between large dark berries and densely veined leaves.
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