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.
8 illustrations
The framed map spans the Mediterranean and neighbouring lands, marking coastlines, rivers and numerous places.
A standing figure wears a divided breastpiece, layered robes and a wrapped headdress, carrying a vessel beside him.
A broad palm frames an enclosed sanctuary and the tents of an encampment.
Two winged figures face one another above a rectangular chest, their extended wings enclosing the space between them.
A standing elder lifts a vessel over the head of a kneeling man beside a wall and stone steps.
Nested rectangular courts surround a central sanctuary in a lettered architectural plan.
A richly dressed rider points across a crowded landscape while armed attendants follow behind.
Mounted warriors rise above a crowded field of spears, shields and fallen bodies.
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