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 standing speaker raises one hand before a close gathering in a dark architectural interior, with a seated elder holding a written roll.
An aged man reclines beneath hanging cloth and reaches towards a kneeling visitor.
A long-coated figure stands with a cane and a dark object hanging from one hand.
An elongated figure bends across a field of broken black shapes.
A tall, cloaked figure stands beside an elderly man seated at a work table in a stone chamber.
Two elongated figures advance together through a sharply divided black-and-white space.
A long-limbed figure bends towards pale ground interrupted by solid black shapes.
A lone figure lowers his head and advances with a long stick.
A tapir-headed figure occupies the centre of a crowded interior beneath a great clock.
Two elongated figures hold baskets and flowering forms above a small heap of fruit.
A woman’s pale arms curve above an immense dark skirt beneath a high, stacked headpiece.
A cloaked woman stands at a heavily carved doorway, her pale face emerging from the dark surrounding pattern.
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