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 crowd gathers outside a building around a coffin on a bier.
A crowd gathers before a large open shrine while dancers move across the foreground.
An immense dark figure with bright eyes and a glowing torso rises above a crowded ceremonial platform.