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.
20 illustrations
Franz Hartmann faces the camera in a dark waistcoat, tie and light jacket, with his head turned slightly to one side.
A stream descends through a rocky, forested valley beneath a distant mountain marked by a pale cross-like formation.
Helena Petrovna Blavatsky rests her cheek against one hand, with a dark covering framing her face.
A crowned, many-armed Indra sits on an elaborately dressed elephant beneath spreading trees.
A woman stands before a seated man in a submerged chamber ornamented with skulls, bones and strange marine forms.
Small human and animal forms occupy a ring of interlocking compartments around a central figure.
A bearded John Dee wears a close cap and fur-trimmed clothing while holding a globe.
Elizabeth I appears within an inscribed oval frame, wearing an elaborate ruff and strings of pearls.
Annie Besant sits sideways in an armchair with a pen poised above papers on a small writing surface.
Madame Guyon wears a dark veil and looks outward from an oval engraved frame, with her hands resting together below.
Ring-shaped, triangular, crescent and shell-like objects are arranged across a shaded photographic plate.
A bearded head turns above a broad, decorated cloak in a dark sculpted bust.
A finely modelled profile fills an oval stone or seal with a thick surrounding edge.
A horned devil stands above flames with human figures held against its body.
Robed figures gather around a furnace in an arched room filled with books and vessels.
An armoured knight drives a long weapon towards a coiled dragon beneath trees.
A stag with branching antlers faces a unicorn beneath the trees.
Two lions face one another in a wooded landscape, their raised heads and long tails filling the foreground.
Two canine animals face one another beside a tree, with a river and town beyond.
A crowned figure sits beneath a canopy in an arcaded room while a smaller attendant stands nearby.
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