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.
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Pale monumental figures loom within a dark oval, one broad draped body facing outward while another appears in profile at the side.
A pale seated figure bends within an oval field of smoky darkness, one large wing sweeping upward beside the body.