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.
10 illustrations
A pale, seated woman rests against a curving field of light above a dark bank of clouds.
A long-robed woman stands within a curling, luminous cloud above a darker horizontal form.
A large robed figure raises one hand while holding a long staff in the other.
Decorated elephants carry seated figures above a dense gathering.
A young companion stands beside a tall, robed elder with a large pale disc behind them.
A crowned figure sits upon a scaled dragon with broad webbed wings and a curling tail.
Three disembodied heads combine human profiles with sharply extended features, pointed hair and flame-like tufts.
Two turbaned figures lean towards a crystal resting upon a small circular table.
Rows of geometric signs and letter-like forms fill a ruled chart headed Geomantic Characters.
A long wand, candles, a circular band and an inscribed disc share a framed page of annotated implements.
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