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.
4 illustrations
One traveller kneels beside a standing guide as a winged pilot approaches across the water.
A dark kneeling traveller looks toward winged figures in the clouds beside a standing woman.
A winged figure raises one hand before an older bearded man and a kneeling youth offering vessels and chains.
A seated woman bends over her hands while a child lies on the ground nearby.