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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A framed African map marks regions and routes within the continent.
Three small figures have elongated heads and broad lower bodies, with animal-like markings across their surfaces.
Two curved bands organise small face-like signs inside a broad circle.
A frontal child stands upon two crocodiles and grasps long serpents and smaller animals.
A richly dressed, long-bearded figure holds a lion against his torso and carries a curved implement in the other hand.
Broad wing-like shapes surround a compact arrangement of faces, limbs and patterned elements.
A slender standing figure raises one arm beside a tall cylindrical, plume-like headdress, while the other hand rests across the body.
A fish-clad standing figure appears beside an oval enclosing a smaller upright form.
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