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.
11 illustrations
A broad roof shelters an elevated open-sided temple beyond a quiet courtyard and low wall.
A dark standing image occupies a narrow doorway framed by carved borders and small surrounding figures.
Low stone remains and a small carved figure occupy a shaded rocky site beneath overhanging trees.
A steep conical roof rises over a small round temple with an open lower arcade.
A small deity figure stands beneath a fan of seven raised serpent heads, holding attributes close to the body.
A row of narrow upright memorial stones rises in differing heights, each filled with small carved figures or inscriptions.
Two people stand closely together before the doorway of a wooden building.
A standing man faces the camera before a dark entrance, with several people seated beside and behind him.
Carved pillars and figured stone panels border a dark doorway reached by a shallow step.
A low enclosure crosses a wooded slope beneath a tall upright post, with a distant mountain visible through the trees.
A wolf and a great serpent spring across a black field above the section title.
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