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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Miyuki and Komagawa exchange fans as tokens of their promised love after meeting during a summer boat trip in Kyoto.
King Gaiour visits his daughter after she insists that a young man has vanished from her bed.
Disguised as an astrologer, Camaralzaman approaches the Chinese court to cure the princess whom he has loved since their supernatural meeting.
During the journey to Camaralzaman's homeland, the prince discovers a red inscribed stone tied into Badoura's girdle while she sleeps.
Two unclothed figures stand beneath a large winged presence and a radiating sun.
A hovering woman addresses the two robed travellers beside a rocky ledge, with another figure close behind her in the moving air.
A young man sits on a low bench beneath a small window.
Two small figures lean together where a great web stretches between hanging plants.
Two richly dressed figures lean together as a line of dark birds surrounds them against a pale sky.
Two richly dressed figures stand beside a great ox above a field of small birds.
A reclining woman rests beside a dark-haired man below an immense glowing oval.
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