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.
38 illustrations
A horned winged figure sits above two smaller human forms joined by chains to a pedestal.
A tailed, narrow-limbed figure leans on a staff before a black circle.
A long patterned creature curves over a smaller bowed figure, crossing the body in a loop.
A horned stone figure leans over a parapet with its chin held between its hands.
Winged figures with long hooked weapons gather around an upright robed traveller on the edge of a dark hollow.
A winged pursuer stretches toward a falling or diving human figure above the dark, disturbed surface of the pit.
Two winged figures grapple above a dark pool while the travellers remain small on a high ledge to the left.
The travellers descend beneath a sheer cliff as winged pursuers crowd the space above their route.
A horned devil stands above flames with human figures held against its body.
A pale-dressed woman kneels before a large horned idol while red- and dark-robed attendants gather around her.
Dark trees stand behind a pale stretch of still water.
A long dark ridge projects into a broad field of shadow.
Bare trees spread dark branching silhouettes across an orange-red sky.
A dark figure extends two enormous wings across a turbulent red and violet sky.
A low red sun appears between long bands of cloud.
A crowd gathers before a large open shrine while dancers move across the foreground.
Separate Egyptian figures are arranged above a reclining mummy visited by a bird-like soul.
A fierce figure grips the rim of a circular diagram divided into scenes.
Mounted figures and falling bodies crowd a landscape beneath angels and a great circular vision.
A human figure is stretched across a large wheel between pale winged beings.
Two registers combine houses, flying figures, demons and domestic encounters.
Dense groups of small bodies fill a dark cavern divided by pale openings and deep ledges.
A bearded divine figure supports an immense circular cosmos filled with small winged forms.
Fierce faces and overlapping bodies crowd a narrow carved relief.
An enormous toothed mouth encloses human figures, weapons and monstrous forms.
A muscular bearded figure crawls on hands and knees beside a striped rock face.
Three figures stand on a narrow bridge platform above dark water.
Small boats move through rough water while a radiant destination opens at the upper right.
A pale man shrinks back on his bed while formally dressed and grotesque figures crowd the room.
A dying man lies beside a seated visitor while a woman kneels in the foreground.
Several figures meet at the steps of a large garden house beneath branching trees.
A dressed woman stands beside an elevated path while a horned figure waits across a deep pit.
A woman with a sword and shield stands before an angel at an open garden gate.
A pale winged figure stands beside two travellers while one points across an open field.
A horned figure bows a large stringed instrument at the front of a richly decorated church.
Dark horned forms struggle among flames and curling smoke far below a bright distant city.
Two steep rock walls rise above a narrow stretch of water and distant buildings.
A terrified man turns towards a small attacking figure while a bed and another human form stand behind him.
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