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.
5 illustrations
A tall pale prisoner-like figure stands beside a framed block of verse.
A narrow side panel contains an elongated human figure beside a central poem block and low landscape.
A dark round head and elongated neck emerge beside the poem above a low patterned landscape.
A long-robed figure stands beside tall bars while a low burial-like scene fills the bottom panel.
A tall white cross rises from a dark vertical border beside the poem.