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.
13 illustrations
An armoured figure stands within a canopied vehicle above two opposed sphinxes.
An armoured, crowned figure holds a sceptre beneath a star-covered canopy.
A robed figure rises through a bright bank of cloud while another leans back below with one arm raised.
An armoured archer stretches a bow from a chariot beside a lion, with horses, weapons and crowded figures filling the lower field.
A seated woman and a large standing man occupy a woodland vehicle surrounded by horned animal heads.
A seated, turbaned astronomer lifts a telescope towards a starry sky.
A crowned charioteer appears above two sphinxes in one design and a pair of horses in the other.
A bird with a long curving neck stands within a pale crowned vessel set in a formal niche.
A broad fan of green, blue and gold curves rises from the sea around a small central form.
A horse pulls a two-wheeled vehicle carrying several figures with upright weapons.
A swordsman stands in the foreground below large figures riding elevated, decorated vehicles.
An armoured man and a pale-robed woman struggle together among sweeping forms and great chariot wheels.
A crowned figure rides through pale clouds in an ornate chariot drawn by white birds.
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