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.
3 illustrations
A standing figure holds a branching form above a narrow platform, with a bird, vessels and other small objects below.
A narrow central shaft rises between two immense curved fields of fine white lines.
Names and small emblems form two long sequences connected by branching lines.