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 red-bearded gnome leads a brightly dressed procession through a dark woodland lane.
A beetle clings among broad leaves and tall branching plants.
Men gather around a seated figure while a woman stands in the doorway.
A man and a woman stand beside an ornate riverside lamp with London’s clock tower behind them.
A kneeling man spreads objects upon a room’s floor while two top-hatted men watch from the doorway.