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
A dark-clothed figure rests a hand against the face above an open book.
An antlered skull crowns a vertical arrangement of pale bodies, curling horns and dark wings.
A human torso rises from a four-legged body beneath a floating winged face.
A pale inverted body fills a narrow dark panel beside rows of signs, small diagrams and letter-like shapes.
A seated pale figure turns towards a shadowed face at the lower edge of a broad triangular field.
A seated figure raises one hand while a dark-clothed watcher leans close behind.
A pale figure lifts a small flame in one hand while a great wing and a skull extend behind the shoulders.
An elongated seated body bends beneath a tall pointed cap and an ornate dark collar.
Dark birds perch among curling branches above a pale seated figure and a low animal-like body.
Pale bodies and faint faces move through a softly shaded upper field.
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