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 man hangs by one foot from a branching wooden support, with the free leg bent across the suspended body.
A great wooden wheel occupies the dark wall beneath a short flight of stairs.
A great luminous figure appears above a small traveller in a sharply bounded beam of light.
A small human body hangs from a tall angular beam against long diagonal bands of light.
A red-robed monk emits a brilliant beam from his mouth while attendants watch.
A red-clothed fairy rides upon foaming waves beside a broad nautilus shell.
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