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.
6 illustrations
A mother and child rest low in a stable while an elderly man and visiting figures gather around them.
Decorated elephants carry seated figures above a dense gathering.
Animals in elaborate clothes gather around a raised royal seat.
Elongated birds and animal-headed figures clash around a winding stretch of water.
Pale ghostly bodies, animal faces and monstrous heads overlap in a dense vertical crowd.
A great dark cat bends over a reclining woman in a patterned interior.
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