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.
12 illustrations
The two travellers stand beside seated and reclining figures under trees, with pale ground separating the group from the deeper shade.
Two pale profiles face a small city set low against an otherwise black field.
A woman in a long pale veil stands above the back of a dark chair with one arm curved over her head.
An armed man stands on a ship’s upper deck beneath an attacker climbing down from the rigging.
An armoured man stands in a boat beneath a great curving darkness edged by light.
A kneeling figure reaches towards a huge enthroned statue within a pillared chamber.
A woman bends across a richly laid table with a small lifeless body in her arms.
A pale-robed woman faces a warrior whose round shield dominates the foreground.
A pale woman stands against a dark field wrapped by the twisting body of a great serpent.
A central figure stands within a richly patterned room while soldiers close in from both sides.
A pale woman remains upright as bright streams of fire burst across the dark architectural setting.
An armoured man and a pale-robed woman struggle together among sweeping forms and great chariot wheels.
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