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 solitary figure stands on a rocky ledge beneath an extended procession of pale forms.
A young hunter stands beside a cloaked figure as a deer approaches through the forest.
An aged seated man looks upward towards a luminous winged figure whose arms extend across the scene.
A tall, cloaked figure stands beside an elderly man seated at a work table in a stone chamber.
An aged man kneels before a luminous robed figure and raises the hem of its garment towards his face.
An aged, robed figure stands on a rocky summit with a staff in one hand and a radiant lamp raised in the other.
A great luminous figure appears above a small traveller in a sharply bounded beam of light.
A kneeling figure raises both arms before an ark or altar surmounted by winged cherubim.
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