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
A pale figure rises from dark water towards a monkey leaning at the edge.
A tall pale figure stands among dark trees beneath monkeys gathered in the upper branches.
A small monkey looks down into cupped hands beside a cluster of flowers.
A reclining monkey lies below broad-headed figures and curling lines that fill the enclosed space.
A striped creature stretches across the dark scene with a small rider holding tightly to its back.
A small monkey looks upward beneath great pale cliffs and an overhanging dark shape.
Small figures struggle beneath a towering dark rock while great birds occupy the ledges above.
A small pale figure shines among dark interlacing branches above a crouching monkey.
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