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 visitor approaches an ornate portal while another man bows at its entrance.
A tall Gothic gate tower rises above adjoining roofs and small street-level figures.
Tilted gravestones and low tombs crowd a cemetery beneath leafless branches.
A sculptor in a loose work garment stands between a small clay bust and a much larger seated male figure.
Three figures confront one another beneath the bare branches of a moonlit grove.
Unorna braces one hand against a table and reaches towards a high specimen with the other.
Workers use long poles and tools around a broad opening in the river ice.
Unorna leans back in the arms of an aged, white-robed man while another man stands beside them in a plant-filled hall.
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