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.
8 illustrations
A standing human figure grapples with an upright lion in a pale relief reproduced against a dark rectangular mount.
An armed, elaborately dressed figure faces a winged creature across a narrow rectangular field.
An eagle-headed winged figure wears a patterned robe, carries a small vessel and raises a rounded object in its other hand.
Two rectangular groups show standing figures beside architectural or ladder-like forms.
A stepped structure rises above a wavy waterline beside trees and small figures.
A long-bearded figure holds a lion close against his body while a curved implement hangs from the other hand.
Human and hybrid figures grapple with animals across a narrow horizontal relief.
A long fish skin covers the back of a standing figure, its open head rising over the human face.
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