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.
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The raised hands, streaming beard and bent legs of the white-haired figure are crossed by dark horizontal bands.
A crowded group clings to a rock as waves surround them; a large cat holds its young above the water nearby.
Workers gather around the towering framework of a ship supported by immense timbers.
Dense rain falls before dark trees and a pale pool of water.
A pale young woman rests among dark rocks and low branches above the surrounding water.
Figures cling to the last exposed rock as waves rise around them beside a great striped animal.
Dark rigging cuts diagonally across a vessel overwhelmed by rolling seas and spray.
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