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.
4 illustrations
A fair-haired child carrying leafy stems stands beside a wooden gate.
A small child in a pale winter coat stands beside an iron gate beneath snow-laden branches.
A hooded woman holds a child in deep shadow outside a garden arcade.
Two children meet beneath an open stone archway leading into a flower-filled garden.