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.
9 illustrations
Horizontal planes and descending branches connect divine names with successive worlds.
Seven lettered circles overlap within a larger system labelled with worlds of spirit and thought.
Linked clusters of small circles cross a wide horizontal table.
Yellow, red and blue circles overlap against a pale triangular field on a black ground.
A standing human figure separates two curved forms enclosed within rounded outlines.
A coiling dark path winds around a straight central staff beneath spread wings.
Three human outlines carry lines running between head, heart and lower body.
Curving layers labelled mineral, fluidic, vapour, water and other strata surround a central region.
A standing human figure is enclosed by a broad oval field of dense curved lines.
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