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.
12 illustrations
A cross-legged man holds one hand above a vertical sequence of circular symbols along the body.
A standing human outline carries numbered points from the lower abdomen to the crown.
Four broad red divisions turn around a dark central point, with orange and yellow streaks crossing their surfaces.
Six wedge-shaped sectors gather red, green, yellow and violet strokes around a small bright centre.
A pink circular centre sits within tightly packed rings of red, yellow, green and blue.
Golden-orange forms radiate like overlapping petals around a dark central opening.
Blue and violet sections spread outward from a dark central ring.
Closely spaced bands build a circular field around a small dark opening.
A small golden rosette occupies the centre of a much larger circular field.
Coloured centres, planetary signs and inscriptions cover a standing human figure within a rectangular border.
Coloured wheels are placed over the head and torso of a standing figure.
An anatomical profile shows the head, spinal cord and branching nerves, with selected regions marked in red.
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