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.
5 illustrations
A central square names John Heydon and gives his London birth information.
Small repeated signs occupy a rectangular grid enclosed by overlapping circular borders.
A standing figure extends both arms inside a circle, square and large triangle.
A tall dark cross bears small rose emblems and a central diamond-shaped sign beneath a crown.
A small mitre marked with a cross and the word Lux appears between an upper hanging panel and a lower diamond-shaped jewel.